WMHSIG Annual Conference 2024 Programme
Women’s bodies – harm and healing
Venue: RCPsych London/LivestreamDate: Wednesday 4 December 2024
Join WMSHIG at our fascinating and topical annual conference with the theme, 'Women's bodies: Harm and healing'. We have speakers on chronic pain and psychosexual disorders, the neurobiology of yoga, addressing VAWG globally including pornography and FGM, benefits and harms of sport, visual art and spoken word for recovery, birth trauma and pelvic floor recovery and comedy.
Contact us
e: events@rcpsych.ac.uk
t: 0208 618 4075
Please note that the programme is still subject to change and all times are listed in GMT.
- 8.30am - 9.10am Registration
- 9.10am - 9.15am Welcome and introduction
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9.15am - 10.45am
Body and mind in mental health practice
Chair: Stella Kingett
9.15am Chronic pelvic pain: Why ‘Women’s troubles’ need taking seriously and how mental health services can help heal the body-mind divide
9.40am Let's talk about sex
10.05am Yoga's efficacy in mental health improvement: a neuroscientific exploration
10.30am Q&A
- 10.45am - 11.15am Morning refreshment break
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11.15am - 12.50pm
Global perspectives on VAWG
Chair: Syeda Ali
11.15am The main barriers to addressing VAWG
11.40am Pornography – its content and the impact on women
12.05pm Addressing FGM in the UK and internationally
12.25pm Q&A
12.40pm Presentation of essay and poster prizes
Dr Philippa Greenfield and Dr Catherine Durkin, Joint Presidential Leads for Women and Mental Health
- 12.50pm - 1.50pm Lunch break
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1.50pm - 3.15pm
Strength, beauty and misogyny
Chair: Amrit Sachar
1.50pm Body politics in the pool: the scrutinisation of female swimmers in an elite sports setting
2.15pm Poetry, feminism and activism
2.40pm Painted, powerful: female recovery through survivor-led body art
3.05pm Q&A
- 3.15pm - 3.45pm Afternoon refreshment break
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3.45pm - 4.45pm
Birth trauma
Chair: Rina Gupta
3.45pm Birth trauma: the impact of a mother's experiences
4.05pm Birth trauma: The hidden childbirth crisis devastating lives and costing the NHS billions
4.30pm Q&A
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4.45pm - 4.50pm
Close of conference
Dr Philippa Greenfield and Dr Catherine Durkin, Joint Presidential Leads for Women and Mental Health
To encourage open dialogue, scientific discovery and enrich learning, we provide our delegates with the opportunity to hear from a diverse range of views and presentations. All the speakers, panellists and participants views and comments are their own and not the established views of the College. Speakers should expect probing questions and healthy debate.
The College expects all content of event programmes, and the behaviour of the speakers and the delegates, to be professional, respectful and to uphold the College values.
The College does not endorse any programme content or behaviour displaying any form of prejudice or discrimination.
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