IAWMH is pleased to offer a Self Learning Module on Psychotropic Medications in Pregnancy and Lactation that will earn 15 CME hours, accredited by American Association of Continuing Medical Education (AACME), upon successful scoring of the knowledge assessment test upon completion of your study.

Click here for the Welcome Video for the course.

These extensive modules were developed by Dr Gihan ELNahas, IAWMH Secretary, and Prof of Psychiatry, Head of Liaison Psychiatry Unit, Head of Women Mental Health Program, Head of Tobacco Control and Cessation Unit, Chair CME Committee, Institute of Psychiatry-Ain Shams Medical School, Cairo, Egypt and Florence Thibaut, M.D., Ph.D., IAWMH Immediate Past President, and Professor of Psychiatry, University Hospital Cochin Paris, University Paris Cité, France.

IAWMH is grateful and appreciative to Drs. ElNahas and Thibaut for the countless hours spent planning, preparing and creating these modules.

IAWMH Members are Complimentary. $10 for a CME Certificate.

Non-Members registration will be $149, $99 LAMIC discounted fee.

Click here to register for the course.



On June 13^th, 2024, the inauguration of the First Women Mental Health Regional Conference of the Middle East and North Africa for the IAWMH took place in Cairo Egypt.

The Conference under the title: Advances in Women Mental Health Clinical Care, is first of its kind to be held by the International Association for Women’s Mental Health in the MENA Region- hosted by the Neuropsychiatry Department-Ain Shams University as part of the activities of its 19^th International Annual Congress on Psychiatry.

For a full report including sponsors and photos, click here.

The idea of holding regional conferences was first initiated by Prabha Chandra, which was very inspiring to both the IAWMH EC and Cairo national faculty. Spearheaded by G.Secretary Gihan ELNahas and her colleagues the collaboration between both entities was well orchestrated.

This regional conference was a one day hybrid event, started by welcoming words from Gihan ELNahas-G. Secretary of IAWMH and Congress Vice-President, followed by the inauguration speech from Prabha Chandra-President of the IAWMH and of the congress.

In her speech, Prabha emphasized the lead role of the association in advancing WMH awareness, and its candid believe in the need to embrace and include regional work and progress in WMH from different parts of the world. By launching regional conferences, the IAWMH pursues its mission to disseminate information, share experiences, join hands to address the challenging issues and plant seeds for future women psychiatrists and psychologist interested in specialising in WMH.

This one-day hybrid event successfully tackles priority issues in women mental health, discussing perinatal health issues, violence against women and girls, common mental illnesses and their impact across a woman’s lifespan, regional progress and setbacks, childhood stressful event (CSE) and more.

Our eminent speakers Prabha Chandra (President of IAWMH), Florence Thibaut (Immediate Past President IAWMH, and Judith Usall (President Elect-IAWMH) in addition to our renowned national faculty from the region, shared our vast experience in the field. (program attached).

This International conference was accredited 61 CME credit hours by the AACME.