The Vision, The Values, and the Story so far….

It has been an enlightening experience so far with Prof.Heun. I remember I was drawn towards building up the organisation from the first post he put up on LinkedIn a few months back. To my surprise, I was totally taken aback with the uncanny similarity in the vision which he had and the one i had in mind. He passionately lucidly described it and went on to explain how professional organisations which have the purpose of enhancing the talents of young researchers and students often fail to do so. This might be due to multiple reasons, most importantly high costs of means to acquire knowledge. He went on to explain how this organisation will be peer-centric and will be accessible to professionals and students alike. This idea very much resonated with me as I am a strong proponent of multidisciplinary collaboration. Such global collaboration is extremely important to further the scope of the sciences so that humanity as a race can progress to its fullest potential. I often tell this to my peers and juniors how crucial an able mentorship is. Now more than ever, after COVID pandemic with resultant learning loss, it has been ever more difficult. Hence it becomes all the more pertinent to have a well-studied professional network of guides, mentors, researchers and industry leaders. Global Psychiatric Association is an example of one such endeavour we put forward to you. At this juncture, I would like to mention Paul Minot,MD who vehemently voices out what is
Psychiatry and where it is headed. When you can check him on Spotify podcasts, many of you will agree with him. My friends at GPA also think that Psychiatry as a specialty might be sidetracking. There is an overly excessive focus on Biological Psychiatry with little focus on
other schools such as Psychodynamic Psychiatry. Let me tell you, once you read Psychodynamic Psychiatry, you will be magnetically more inclined to understand it deeper and practice it through the career. Global Psychiatric Association aptly aims to deliver Psychiatry in a holistic comprehensive manner; as it is a diverse field with a lot of depth to it. After all, the future of the field lies on us, budding psychiatrists and researchers. With this short introduction, I welcome you to the Global Psychiatric Association!
– Dr.Rohit Walwaikar