Congress

Will you be in Bangalore with your professional peers and colleagues? Don’t miss the 10th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health

Bangalore is warmly welcoming global professionals and clinicians who have an interest in women’s mental and gender based medicine. A record number of presentations, plenary/keynotes, symposia, workshops, orals and posters will be offered at the 10th World Congress. Additional to the robust Scientific Program, these Special Events will be offered:

A Keynote lecture by neuroscientist and author Prof. Gina Rippon on her phenomenally successful book, The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain

The 1st Prof. Donna Stewart Award  for Excellence in Women’s Mental Health

Fringe IAWMH 2025 – Participate in the IAWMH Fringe with  Participatory Art Installations, Interactive Theatre, Yoga sessions, and  curated Book and Poetry readings,

Breakfast with Mentors for Early  Career Professionals – Each day of the conference, 20 registered early career professionals will have the chance to have breakfast with leaders in the field.  Pre-registration is required.

Plus lots of opportunities for networking with peers from across the globe. The Congress will draw participants from every continent (not including Antarctica).

Check out the Congress website for continually updating information – https://www.iawmh2025.org/

9th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health
November 2022 – Maastricht, The Netherlands


Click here for a sample of abstracts published in the journal, Archives of Women’s Mental Health. Paid IAWMH members receive a complimentary online subscription to the journal. The link is on the Members Only page.

8th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health
March 2019 – Paris

The 8th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health was held on 5-8 March 2019 at the beautiful Cite International Universitaire in Paris. More than 600 delegates from 52 countries attended the Congress.

To view the abstracts and an interactive program, click here!

2019 Congress Poster Awards
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Congress Poster Awards. Congratulations to the Winners.

Wednesday 6 March:
Annarita Vignapiano, Naples, Italy
Negative Symptom Domains in in Schizophrenia: Sex Differences and Relationships with Real-Life Functioning

Thursday 7 March
Cerith S. Waters, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Moderate to Severe Mood and Anxiety Disorders During the Perinatal Period
AND
Ana Telma Pereira, Coimbra, Portugal
Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Phenomena: A Pychometric and Epidemiological Study in a Portuguese Sample

Friday 8 March
Gislene Valadares, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Sexual Violence Victims Treated at a University Hospital in Brazil: Incidence of Stressful Life Events and Drug Use as a Facilitator of Rape