Riba (USA) Psychiatric Issues in Palliative Care/Terminal Illness. 5th GPA congress 12 Sept 2025

Invitation to the 5th Congress of the Global Psychiatric Association 12-13 Sept 2025

OPENING REMARK (6.00 PM to 6.10 PM)

1.Dr. Vikas Menon
Suicide crisis syndrome
6.10PM to 6.40PM

2. Dr. Sushanta Kumar Sahoo
Scope of Neuro modulation following brain injury/ surgery.
6.40PM to 7.10PM

3. Dr. Rohit Walwaikar
Non-psychotropic management in Neurodevelopmental disorders
7.10PM to 7.40 PM

4. Mrs. Deblina Roy
Psychosocial intervention in Burn survivors
7.40 PM to 8.10 PM

5. Dr. Monika Thakur
Mental health aspects of Breast cancer
8.10 PM TO 8.40PM

6. Dr. Ibrahim Kira
Collective and Personal Coping to targeted Genocide and to its Emotional and Cognitive Impact: The Halabja Case
8.40 PM to 9.10PM

7. Dr. Michelle B. Riba
Psychiatric Issues in Palliative Care/Terminal Illness
9.10 PM to 9.50PM

8. Dr. Juan Gaitan
Precision Psychiatry: Way ahead
9.50PM to 10.20PM
CLOSING REMARKS

Day 2
Speakers
Tentative topics of presentation
Timing (Indian Standard Time)

1. Dr. Rishab Gupta
Ketamine/Esketamine in Psychiatric disorders
6.00PM to 6.30PM

2. Dr. Maheswar Satapathy
Reimagining Global Mental Health: Decolonization and Health Systems Strengthening in Action- Towards accelerated Human Capital and Capabilities Development in the Global South
6.30PM to 7.00PM

3. Dr. RUTH OWUSU-ANTWI
Prevalence of gender-based violence and factors associated with help-seeking among university students in sub-Saharan Africa (13th Sep 2025)
7.00PM to 7.30PM

4. Dr. Surobhi Chatterjee
AI use by medical students: Indian perspective
7.30PM to 8.00PM

5. Dr. Vipul Janardan
6. Dr. Gaurav Uppal
War and Mental Health (Symposium)
8.00PM to 8.50PM

7. Dr. Juan Gaitan
Management in a psychiatric private practice
8.50PM to 9.20 PM

8. Dr. Param Eshwaran Rama Krishnan
Evidence-Based Understanding of the “Transcendence-Spirit-Soul-Mind” Continuum: Towards a Pedagogy for Training “Psychiatrists as Healers of Soul and Mind.
9.20PM to 9.50PM