Dear Professor Dinesh Bhugra CBE,
As President of the World Association of Social Psychiatry, I have the great pleasure of writing to inform you that you have been selected as the winner of our triennial Yves Pelicier Prize. Our mutual friend and colleague, Prof. Emeritus, Driss Moussaoui, Chair of the Yves Pelicier Prize Committee, join me in offering you our hearty congratulations for this well-deserved recognition of your lifetime contributions to social psychiatry, championing human rights and the dignity of the individual in a more diverse, compassionate, and just society.
“The Yves Pelicier Prize is made in recognition of an outstanding career in social psychiatry, reflecting outstanding contributions to the understanding of the important interaction of social, psychological and biological science in the cause, course and treatment of mental disorders together with a profound commitment to the human rights of the mentally ill. The successful nominee is expected to deliver a ceremonial lecture on a topic of his/her choosing at the World Congress of Social Psychiatry.”
Past Yves Pelicier Prize recipients include Pedro Ruiz, Julian Leff, Norman Sartorius and Savita Malhotra. WASP’s Yves Pelicier Prize comes with a diploma, a US$10,000 honorarium along with registration, travel and accommodation expenses, and a ceremonial lecture to be delivered in person at our 25th World Congress of Social Psychiatry to be held in Marrakech, Morocco, 15-17 January 2026 with the theme of “Caring for the Vulnerable: Making Social Psychiatry Clinically Relevant.”
Please find here below a formal letter of announcement of your prize.
25th WASP World Congress of Social Psychiatry
Yves Pelicier Prize Ceremonial Lecture:
PROF. EMERITUS DINESH BHUGRA, CBE
“To cure sometimes, to comfort always:
Foolishness of the past and wisdom of the future in Social Psychiatry”
Thank you so much for this, Dinesh! We will make this a highlight of our congress and add it to our promotional materials.
Best wishes and once again, hearty congratulations!
Sincerely,
Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola
MPhil MD PhD FCAHS DLFAPA DFCPA FACPSYCH
President, World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP)