April 23rd - 25th, 2026
Fort Pontchartrain Detroit, a Wyndham Hotel in Detroit, Michigan
47th ANNUAL MEETING
Borders, Barriers, and Belonging:
Cultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health
in a Time of Displacement and Division
The SSPC Annual Meeting brings together scholars, clinicians, and community leaders to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations that address the complex challenges of mental health in diverse cultural contexts, with the goal of emphasizing reciprocal learning across borders, communities, and disciplines.
The Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC) invites proposals for our upcoming Annual Meeting under the theme "Borders, Barriers, and Belonging: Cultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health in a Time of Displacement and Division," exploring the political, geographic, and psychological boundaries shaping mental health today.
As forced migration, statelessness, political polarization, and rising nationalism fracture lives and communities, cultural psychiatry must grapple with lived experiences of exclusion, liminality, and identity formation. We welcome submissions that explore how clinicians, educators, researchers, communities, and systems navigate the fault lines of displacement, social rupture, and belonging, and how healing and solidarity can be cultivated across them.
We encourage submissions that reflect interdisciplinary, practice-based, and research-driven perspectives from around the world.
Deadline for Submissions: October 12, 2025
Call for Abstracts Now Available
Register for the 47th Annual Meeting
Registration will open on September 1, 2025
Click the “SSPC 47th Annual Meeting Registration” link in the events list to register today!
We look forward to seeing you in April!
If you have any questions about registration, please email negrimanagentllc@gmail.com.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The SSPC invites you to be a part of the 2026 Annual Meeting by purchasing a sponsorship. The event, scheduled for April 23rd - 25th, 2026 at the Fort Pontchartrain Detroit, a Wyndham Hotel in Detroit, Michigan will attract psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, nurse practitioners, anthropologists, sociologists, and those of other training backgrounds who identify with the values of cultural psychiatry and global mental health.
Opportunities Include:
GOLD - $5,000:
Gold Sponsorship includes three (3) complimentary registrations the full conference; 6ft table and chairs in a central location at the event; company logo displayed prominently on event landing page and on screen during the event; product promotion and distribution at registration desk (150-200 participants anticipated).
SILVER - $2,500:
Silver Sponsorship includes two (2) complimentary registrations the full conference; 6ft table and chairs in a central location at the event; company logo displayed on screen during the event; product promotion and distribution at registration desk (150-200 participants anticipated).
BRONZE - $1,500:
Bronze Sponsorship includes one (1) complimentary registration to the full conference; 6ft table and chairs in a central location at the event; company logo displayed on screen during the event.
FRIEND - $500:
Friend Sponsorship includes 6ft table and chairs in a central location at the event; company logo displayed on screen during the event.
Conference Contacts
If you have any questions, please contact:
Gwen Mitchell at Gwen.Mitchell@du.edu
Ruta Rangel at rbraz@email.gwu.edu