Speakers

Asia-Pacific Mental Health and Well-being Congress

THEME: "Future Directions: Pioneering Mental Health and Well-being Initiatives"

27-29 Oct 2025

Bali, Indonesia

Title: Creating environments that support good mental health and wellbeing within mostly male dominated workplaces in Australia

Rae Bonney OAM

Workplace Mental Health, Safety & Wellbeing Specialist, Australia

Title: Climate change effects on depressive symptomology among adolescents in rural areas of Afghanistan

Conrad Murendo

Save the Children

Title: A quasi-experimental study on the challenges of mental health and access to care for marginalized adolescents in Bihar and Uttarakhand, India

Sonal Daftuar

Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3)

Title: Sleep Spindles as Biomarkers: Enhancing TRD Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches

Shiyong Peng

ETPB, NIMH, NIH, USA

Title: The alphorn, working tool for peasants and psychotherapists. Impulses from music, psychology and spirituality for a culture of change and empowerment in mental health and therapy

Ernst Hans Juerg Meier

Practice for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis Therapy, Switzerland

Title: The alphorn, working tool for peasants and psychotherapists. Impulses from music, psychology and spirituality for a culture of change and empowerment in mental health and therapy

Martina Jonitz

Practice for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis Therapy, Switzerland

Title: The Power of Here and Now: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Depression and Anxiety

Jermin Valencia Guiao

EAP Services, New Zealand

Title: Automatic Detection and Classification of Mental Illnesses from General Social Media Texts

Anca Dinu Daniela

University of Bucharest, Romania

Title: Linguistic Markers of Depression: Analyzing Social Media Discourse for Mental Health Insights

Petrisor Liviu Dinu

University of Bucharest, Romania

Title: Post-PhD Blues in a Non-Academic Environment: A Scoping Review

Muhammad Hoque

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa

Title: Examining the Role of Grit and Valuing of Mistakes among Pre-Service Scholars in Cebu, Philippines: A Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Study

Melona Deguma

Cebu Technological University, Philippines

Title: Exploring Mental Health Mastery among Informal Caregivers in the Philippines: Empowering Barangay Health Workers through Interlocutor Analysis

Jabin Deguma

Cebu Technological University, Philippines

Title: Association between the levels of perceived Social support and levels of psychological distress among nurses and psychiatry Doctors at the national center for mental health three years after the covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Therecia Mae Chavez

National Center for Mental Health, Philippines

Title: Motivational Interviewing as a Support for Adolescents with Autism who have Experienced Trauma

Cindy Smith

Curtin University, Australia

Title: Investigation Of Wellbeing Supports for International University Students

Cindy Smith

Curtin University, Australia

Title: Motivational Interviewing as a Support for Adolescents with Autism who have Experienced Trauma

Jasmin Fyfe

Curtin University, Australia

Title: The Ageing Population and the Rising Burden of Dementia: Implications for Care Systems and Economic Sustainability

Gaye Cameron

Counselling Service for You, Australia