Climate Change & Mental Health: Latin America & Caribbean Perspective

Dr. Afzal Javed

M.B.B.S; M.C.P.S; D.Psych. (Lond.); Board Cert.Psych. (U.K); M.Phil. (Edin.); F.R.C.Psych. (UK); F.R.C.P (Ireland & Edinburgh). Consultant Psychiatrist, Immediate Past President World Psychiatric Association. Honorary Professor Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK. Chairman Pakistan Psychiatric Research Centre, Fountain House, Lahore, Pakistan

Albert Persaud

Chair WPA Special Interest Group on Geo- Psychiatry

Dr. Myrna Lashley

Island nations’ fight to confront the effects of climate disaster

Dr. Myrna Lashley, Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from McGill University, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and a researcher at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital. Internationally recognized for her clinical, teaching, and research contributions to cultural psychology, she has served as an advisor to governmental and non-governmental organizations in Canada and abroad. She has received multiple awards, including Member of the Order of Canada (2024) and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Collaborative Centre in the Caribbean for Geopsychiatry, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Geopsychiatry, and Honorary Consul for Barbados in Montreal.

Prof. Dr. Julio Torales

Climate Change and the Future of Psychiatry: Navigating the Next Three Decades

Dr. Julio Torales is a Full Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology at the School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción (Paraguay), specializing in Clinical Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He holds a Master’s in Psychopharmacology and a PhD in Research Projects, and serves as Director of the Collaborative Centre in Geopsychiatry for Paraguay. His research spans public mental health, epidemiology, psychodermatology, and geopsychiatry, with over 380 indexed scientific publications, 25 books, and 79 book chapters. He is an International Fellow of the International Institute of Geopsychiatry, a peer reviewer for leading journals, and an invited speaker at numerous international conferences.

Dr. Kostas N. Fountoulakis M.D., Ph.D

Professor of Psychiatry

Director, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Director, WHO Collaboration Center on Quality in Mental Health Board member, World Psychiatric Association (zone 8 representative) Head, Mental Health Section, Research Institute, Panhellenic Medical Association Vice-President, Hellenic Psychiatric Association Field Editor, CNS Spectrums