The Special Interest Group on Art and Psychiatry, in collaboration with the Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris, organized an online meeting on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 2:00 PM Central European Time, featuring three distinguished speakers. Tom Theeuwen, Curator of the Museum of the Mind in the Netherlands, who examined the historical application of visual art in mental health through excerpts from the exhibition Animal Therapy; Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia and Professor Emeritus at McGill University, explored engagement with creative arts through two cultural legacies from Jamaica and Brazil; and Anne-Marie Dubois, Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, and Scientific Director of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de l’Hôpital Sainte-Anne (MAHHSA). Each presentation was followed by a short discussion, with an interactive dialogue open to all participants. This was organized by Itsuo Asai (Japan); Alberto Velasco (France); and Hans Rohlof (Netherlands).
