From Mad in South Asia: Last year I attended a prestigious international psychiatric conference at PGI Chandigarh, India, a medical school of considerable reputation in South Asia. The theme of the conference was public mental health. It was held over three whole days; 900 people from across the world had registered to attend, both face to face and virtually!
It was a star-studded event, with prominent figures from world psychiatry in attendance. This included Norman Sartorius (former director of the World Health OrganizationāsĀ Division of Mental Health and former president of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association), Helen Herman (former president of the World Psychiatric Association), and Jonathan Campion (affiliated with UKās NHS and advisor to the WHO). Elites of the global mental health movement such as Vikram Patel were also present and so were eminent Indian psychiatrists, especially from public sector teaching hospitals.Ā Some, such as Patel, gave their talks virtually.
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