WMHSIG Essay Prize

WMHSIG Essay Prize 2023

• The prize was open to medical students and trainees of any stage studying/working in the UK, as well as SAS doctors with less than seven years full time equivalent experience of working in psychiatry. 
• The title was "Lessons from matriarchs – and what do we still need to learn?"
• Prize: £100 + free attendance at our Annual Conference.

2023 Winner

• Sarah Robinson

WMHSIG Essay Prize 2022

• The prize was open to medical students and trainees of any stage.
• The title was "Violence against Women and Girls: what is the role of psychiatry?"
• Prize: £100 + free attendance at our Annual Conference + joining a panel discussion on the same theme at the conference.

2022 Winner

• Sucheta Tiwari

• The prize was open to medical students and trainees of any stage.
• The title was “How can the arts shine a light on women's wellbeing and mental health?”.
• Prize: £100 + free attendance at our Annual Conference + joining a panel discussion on the same theme at the conference.

We had a great response to the call for entries and the standard was really high.

2021 Winner

• Jessica Lochtenberg

• The prize was open to medical students and trainees of any stage.
• The title was “The Female Psychiatrist in the 21st Century: A Vision of the Future”
• Prize: £100 + free attendance at our 4 December Annual Conference + joining a panel discussion on the same theme at the conference

We had a great response to the call for entries and the standard was really high.

2020 Winner

• Claire Roberts

Highly commended

• Eleanor Brookes
• Marie Lynch