Webinar
Climate Change & Mental Health: Latin America & Caribbean Perspective
03/09/2025
Wednesday
17:00
GMT
FREE
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Climate Change & Mental Health: Latin America & Caribbean Perspective
03/09/2025
Athens, GR
20:00
London, UK
18:00
Brazil
14:00
Caribbean
13:00
Event Agenda
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Introduction – Prof. Kostas Fountoulakis (Moderator)
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Greetings – Dr. Albert Persaud & Dr. Afzal Javed (Chairs)
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Keynote Talk – Dr. Julio Torales
“Climate Change and the Future of Psychiatry: Navigating the Next Three Decades” -
Keynote Talk – Dr. Myrna Lashley
“Island nations’ fight to confront the effects of climate disaster” -
Q&A Session
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Closing Remarks – Prof. Kostas Fountoulakis (Moderator)
Moderator
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
CHAIRS
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
SPEAKERS
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.
Organization
E.N.A. (Society of Neurosciences & Rehabilitation)
MSc School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ΙΝ.ΨΥ. (Institute of Psychiatry)
3rd Department of Psychiatry AUTh
Special Interest Group (SIG) of WPA
