Symposium Showcase
Explore the Lineup of Symposiums:Pioneering Discussions Shaping the Future of Psychiatry !
Cutting-Edge Developments in Psychiatric Classification: From DSM-5-TR to DSM-6 and the ICD-11 Comparison
This symposium highlights recent advancements in psychiatric classification, providing first-hand insights into the development of DSM-5-TR and future directions for DSM-6. Attendees will hear updates on DSM-5-TR’s implementation and its comparison with ICD-11, with Prof. Shigenobu Kanba offering a perspective from Japan. Featuring Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Michael First, and Kimberly Yonkers—leaders of the DSM Steering Committee—this is a unique opportunity to engage with experts shaping the field.
Symposium
Recent Advances in Psychiatric Classification: DSM and ICD

Presenter
Kimberly Yonkers
Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/U Mass Memorial Medical Center Editor In Chief, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Presenter
Michael First
Columbia/NYS Psychiatric Institute

Presenter
Roberto Lewis-Fernandez
Columbia/NYS Psychiatric Institute

Presenter
Shigenobu Kanba
Kyushu University Emeritus
Plenary session1
Workforce for mental health care of the future

Prof. Norman Sartorius
President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Advisor to the Board of Directors and Council Member of the World Federation for Psychotherapy; Past President of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association (Switzerland)
Plenary session2

Prof. Helen Herrman
The University of Melbourne (Australia)
Plenary session3
How to Assess and Intervene Hikikomori in the 21st Digitalized Society

Prof. Takahiro Kato
Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine (Sapporo, Japan)
Plenary session4
Social turn in how we understand and support schizophrenia

Dr. Kiyoto Kasai
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo (Japan)
Educational Lectures1
Psychotherapy Education for Medical Students

Dr. Yong Chon Park
Department of Psychiatry, Hanyang University (Korea)
Educational Lectures2
On the heterogeneity of depression: How the Japanese cultural environment has affected psychopathology

Prof. Shigenobu Kanba
Kyushu University (Japan)
Educational Lectures3
Latin American Masters of Cultural Psychiatry

Dr. Sergio Javier Villasenor-Bayardo
Jalisco Institute of Mental Health and Addictions, University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
Educational Lectures4
From Transcultural Psychiatry to Cultural Psychiatry: the role of old mythologies and new scientific approaches in the construction of biocultural identities

Dr. Goffredo Bartocci
WACP Founder & Second President; life standing member of WACP BoDs; editor in Chief of the Journal Psichiatria Psicoterapia Culturale (Italy)