Programme at a Glance
View sessions by day and time. Symposium tracks are grouped for easier reading.
Pre-Conference Workshop · 23 October 2026
| TIME | BALLROOM 1 (Level 2) | JUNIOR BALLROOM (Level 2) |
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1400-1430 |
Registration |
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1430-1800 |
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP 1 Handling difficult conversations: Tips for health care professionals Dr Johari Khamis (Chairperson) |
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP 2 TBC |
Conference Day 1 · 24 October 2026
| TIME | BALLROOM 2 & 3 (Level 2) | ||
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0800-0830 |
Registration |
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0830-0900 |
Plenary 1 / Keynote Address Breaking Barriers, Building Hope in Psychiatry Chairperson: |
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0900-0945 |
Opening Ceremony Prof M. Parameshvara Deva Excellence Award Special Event |
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0945 -1000 |
Tea Break |
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1000-1030 |
Plenary 2 Chairperson: |
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1030-1100 |
Plenary 3 Chairperson: |
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1100-1130 |
Plenary 4 Chairperson: |
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1130-1200 |
Plenary 5 Chairperson: |
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1200-1245 |
Lunch Symposium Chairperson: |
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1245-1400 |
Lunch |
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BALLROOM 2 & 3 (Level 2) |
BALLROOM 1 (Level 2) |
JUNIOR BALLROOM (Level 2) |
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1400-1530 |
SYMPOSIUM 1 Chairperson: Empowering Minds, Embracing Adversity Through Mental Health Digital Innovation and AI FlexMinda & Psych Ease : Augmenting Psychiatric Care with an AI-Powered Mobile Platform FlexMinda: Beyond Innovation: Evidence, Validation, and Sustainable Funding V-PROB - Web-Based Interventions in Psychiatry: Expanding Access to Mental Health Care & Empowerment Transforming Learning and Mental Health Interventions Through MOOCs and Virtual Reality |
SYMPOSIUM 2 Chairperson: Breaking Barriers, Building Hopes - The role of Community & Rehabilitation Psychiatry Services Breaking barriers in access to treatment I- Community Psychiatry Team services Breaking barriers in access to treatment II - Integrating quality mental healthcare in primary care settings via MIND program Breaking barriers in Employment - RESTART Program Breaking barriers in Education - PERINTIS Program |
SYMPOSIUM 3 Chairperson: Interpersonal Psychotherapy with Cultural Adaptations for Conflictual Couples Relationships' Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) with Cultural Adaptations for Conflictual Couple Relationships When Love Speaks Different Languages: IPT in Neurodiverse Relationships Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Marital Conflict: Breaking the Negative Loop When Silence Becomes Conflict: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Marital Interpersonal Dispute |
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1530-1700 |
SYMPOSIUM 4 Chairperson: Metacognitive awareness and its relation to academic achievement among medical students Impact of academic self-concept and metacognitive awareness on academic achievement of medical students Religious coping towards adversity among medical students in a private medical university |
SYMPOSIUM 5 Chairperson: The Architecture of Recovery: Dismantling Therapeutic Asymmetry and Rewiring Neurocircuitry in Addiction Psychiatry The Same Patient, A Different Standard: Stigma in Addiction Psychiatry Breaking Barriers: Relapse Prevention in Addiction Recovery Dopamine Detours: Rocking the Rhythm and Rewiring the Brain via Exercise and Music in Addiction Psychiatry |
SYMPOSIUM 6 Chairperson: Breaking Barriers, Building Hopes - The Art and Science of Tackling the Ageing Mind Breaking the barrier of Ageism in our own minds: Finding Meaning and Hope in Later Life Breaking Barrier in Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease The Silver Tsunami: Are We Ready as Psychiatrists? |
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1730-1900 |
BGM |
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Conference Day 2 · 25 October 2026
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0800-0830 |
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0830-0900 |
Plenary 6 Chairperson: |
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0900-0930 |
Plenary 7 Chairperson: |
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0930-1000 |
Plenary 8 Chairperson: |
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1000-1100 |
Tea Break & E-Poster Presentation Chairperson: |
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BALLROOM 2 & 3 (Level 2) |
BALLROOM 1 (Level 2) |
JUNIOR BALLROOM (Level 2) |
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1030-1200 |
SYMPOSIUM 7 Chairperson: Psychiatrist with Faith: Religiosity & Psychospirituality in a Multireligious and Multicultural Community Dr Sabbitan Balakrishnan |
SYMPOSIUM 8 Chairperson: Reframing Suicide Postvention for Psychiatrists: From Prediction to Compassionate Containment Core Truths About Suicide: From Prediction and Blame to Compassionate Understanding Developing a National Online Suicide Postvention Balint Group for Psychiatrists in Malaysia: Feasibility of a Postvention Framework for Psychiatrists After Patient Suicide: Early Insights from Malaysia |
SYMPOSIUM 9 Chairperson: Women in Crime |
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1200-1245 |
Lunch Symposium (Venue : Ballroom 2 & 3, Level 2) Chairperson: |
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1245-1400 |
Lunch |
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1400-1530 |
SYMPOSIUM 10 Chairperson: Narcissism or Autism? When Psychotherapy Helps- and When It Harms Narcissism or Autism or Both? The Power and Peril of Naming Same process, different perspectives: ACT focused psychological flexibility for autism and narcissism The Self as a System: Rethinking Autism and Narcissism through Family Therapy |
SYMPOSIUM 11 Chairperson: Behind Closed Doors: Sexual Distress and Mental Health in Men and Women Understanding Sexual Distress: Culture, Development, and the Stories Patients Never Tell Ten Years of Practice-Based Insights from a Specialist Clinic: When Desire Fails: Men, Shame, and the Silent Struggle for Intimacy |
SYMPOSIUM 12 Chairperson: Dr Iwana Abdul Taib (Malaysia) Local Communities, Global Minds: Advancing Community Mental Health in Southeast Asia Continuity Beyond Crisis: A Case-Based Journey Through Community Psychiatry for High-Risk Mental Illness Assertive Community Treatment in Malang, Indonesia: Principles, Practice, and a One-Year Implementation Report on Community Mental Health Empowerment Title: Building a Safer Ward, Building a Stronger Community: Lessons from a District Psychiatry Transformation in Malaysia |
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BALLROOM 2 & 3 (Level 2) |
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1530-1600 |
E-Poster Award Ceremony Closing Ceremony Master of Ceremony: |
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