The Joint PRCP & WACP Congress was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 25th to 28th September 2025. is now available. The programme included 119 symposia, 337 oral and poster presentations, 10 educational lectures and 4 plenary sessions. A total of 1175 participants from 55 countries took part in the congress.
Awards and Recognitions
a. The Best Oral Presentation Award was presented to Karthik V. Sarma (United States of America) for his presentation, “Comparing the Psychiatric Diagnostic Capabilities of ChatGPT and Other Generalist and Simulated Reasoning-based Large Language Models.”
b. The Outstanding Oral Presentation Award was presented to Raquel Lazaro-Gutierrez (Spain) for “MHEALTH4ALL,” a project focused on improving access to mental healthcare for low-language-proficient third-country nationals in Europe, and to Michiko Ishibashi (Japan) for her work on using the Japanese concept of Ibasho in therapy with multicultural individuals experiencing cultural adjustment difficulties.
c. The Best Poster Presentation Award was presented to Pornjira Pariwatcharakul (Thailand) for “Prevalence of Anhedonia in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders: Results from a National Survey in Thailand.”
d. The Outstanding Poster Presentation Award was presented to Ekachaeryanti Zain (Japan/Indonesia) for research evaluating the Japanese version of the 25-item Autism-Spectrum Quotient as a potential screening tool in perinatal women, and to Daeyoung Roh (Korea) for a randomized controlled trial examining expectancy violation in personalized virtual reality exposure therapy for panic disorder.
Fore more details, visit the official website at PRCP & WACP 2025 Congress.