WMHSIG Annual Conference 2024 Programme

Women’s bodies – harm and healing

Venue: RCPsych London/Livestream
Date: Wednesday 4 December 2024

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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

  • Chair: Stella Kingett

    9.15am Chronic pelvic pain: Why ‘Women’s troubles’ need taken seriously and how mental health services can help heal the body-mind divide

    Philippa Bolton

    9.40am Clinical experience from a nurse-led national psychosexual clinic

    Tracy Hilder

    10.05am Yoga's efficacy in mental health improvement: a neuroscientific exploration

    Heather Mason

    10.30am Q&A

  • 10.45am - 11.15am Morning refreshment break

  • Chair: Syeda Ali

    11.15am The main barriers to addressing VAWG

    Reem Alsalem

    11.40am A global problem in need of global solutions: International efforts to address pornography’s role in normalising violence against women and girls

    Lucie Moore

    12.05pm Addressing FGM in the UK and internationally

    Hibo Wardere

    12.25pm Q&A

    12.40pm Presentation of essay and poster prizes

  • 12.50pm - 1.50pm Lunch break

  • Chair: Amrit Sachar

    1.50pm Body politics in the pool:  the scrutinisation of female swimmers in an elite sports setting

    Cassie Pattern

    2.15pm Have voice, will ravel: being creative while being ill

    Sonya Douglas

    2.40pm Painted, powerful: female recovery through survivor-led body art

    Victoria Gugenheim

    3.05pm Q&A
  • 3.15pm - 3.45pm Afternoon refreshment break

  • Chair:

    3.45pm Birth trauma: the impact of a mother's experiences

    Bev Sapre

    4.05pm TBC

    4.30pm Q&A

     

  • 4.45pm - 4.50pm Close of conference
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