Become a Member | Sign In

Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture

A nonprofit, interdisciplinary organization devoted to furthering research, clinical care & education in cultural aspects of mental health & illness.
Learn More

42nd Annual Meeting

COLLABORATING FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY
Bridging Divides and Healing Wounds
Apr 22 2021 – Apr 24 2021
12:00pm EDT to 4:30pm EDT
Register

Recent News

Sign up for Monthly SSPC Webinar Series on Working with Refugee Families

Working with Refugee Families Twenty-five million people have been defined as refugees in 2020 with millions more individuals or families...

Read More

Become a Member

Membership has extensive benefits for your career, your work, and your patients.
Join

Contribute

Your contribution today will help us lower the cost for trainees and early-career professionals to attend the Annual Meeting
Donate

About Us

The The Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC) is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary organization devoted to furthering research, clinical care and education in cultural aspects of mental health and illness. We aim to promote cultural psychiatry in North American professional groups and to collaborate with national and international organizations in the development of policy and practice. Primarily rooted in North America, we provide an interface for domestic and international interests of cultural psychiatry and mental health.

Become a Member

Advance your career in cultural psychiatry. Network and collaborate with cultural psychiatry experts in research, education, and clinical care. Members receive discounts on our annual meeting registration and free access to recorded versions of our webinars.
Join Today

Events

Register for our upcoming events

Loading...

News

Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements

New Fellowship in Community and Telepsychiatry

New Fellowship in Community and Telepsychiatry

Feb 25, 2021

The University of Virginia Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences is proud to announce the establishment of a new fellowship in Community and Telepsychiatry. The Department is uniquely positioned in Virginia to provide this fellowship program. It is...

read more
Webinar: Advocacy and Empowerment in Mental Health Promotion

Webinar: Advocacy and Empowerment in Mental Health Promotion

Feb 18, 2021

Join us for our next webinar Advocacy and Empowerment in Mental Health Promotion Feb 20, 2021 10-12pm PST / 1-3pm EST Register Now Zoom Registration Event Flyer Event Details Advocacy and Empowerment in Mental Health Promotion Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, BScN MScN PhD...

read more
View More

Contribute to the President's Fund

Support the activities of SSPC in the study of mental health, global health, and culture.
Your donation will help trainees, early-career professionals, and speakers from low-income countries.

Contribute Today

Mentorship for Trainees

The purpose of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC) Mentorship Program is to foster professional relationships between physician/professional members and trainee-members

Find a Mentor

Gain Belonging

Create and strengthen a sense of belonging for professional members and trainee-members within the Society.

Enrich Interests

Enrich trainee-members’ interest in cultural psychiatry.

Develop Professionally

Provide access to resources and opportunities for scholarship, supervision and networking in order to enhance the professional development of mentees and their mentors.