6th Asia-Pacific

Mental Health and Well-being Congress

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

img2 23-24 Nov 2026
img2 Holiday Inn Express Bangkok, Thailand

speakers

James E. Spence

Title: A Non-Clinical Digital Companion Model For Functional Participation In Social Anxiety

James E. Spence

Cognitive Life Companion Technologies, USA
Wannapaluck Boonsakulcharoen

Title: The Medicine Within: Mindfulness as a Practical Approach to Modern Mental Health

Wannapaluck Boonsakulcharoen

Prakaya, Thailand
Regine Anne Oscuro Perez

Title: Comparison of Perceived Social Support from Online and Offline Sources on the Perceived Stress of Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study

Regine Anne Oscuro Perez

UP-Philippine General Hospital, Philippines
Anh Vinh Ngo

Title: Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depressive Symptoms Among High School Students in Urban Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study

Anh Vinh Ngo

Viet Nam National Children's Hospital, Vietnam
Hai Tu Dang

Title: Prevalence and Correlates of Poor Sleep Quality Among Adolescents with Chronic Gastritis in Vietnam

Hai Tu Dang

Viet Nam National Children's Hospital, Vietnam
Obasanjo S. Adegbite

Title: Workplace Stress and Mental Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Worklife Balance Among Nurses

Obasanjo S. Adegbite

Osun State University, Nigeria
Shannah Marie Alkonga

Title: Attitudes towards Mental Illness among Student Nurses

Shannah Marie Alkonga

St. Paul University Iloilo, Philippines
Azman Shah Dato Aziz

Title: High-Functioning but Distressed? Examining Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Malaysian Employees in Contemporary Work Environments

Azman Shah Dato Aziz

Performance Development Consultants, Malaysia
Jess Jieyin Chen

Title: Understanding burnout amongst occupational therapists: A qualitative meta-synthesis review

Jess Jieyin Chen

Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore
Nicholas Bloom

Title: Real Conversations, Real Change: The Check-In Framework

Nicholas Bloom

Nic Bloom Pty Ltd, Australia
Nagendra Luitel

Title: Feasibility and acceptability of self-regulation, economic and combined interventions to prevent depression and anxiety among poverty-affected adolescents in Nepal: a pilot c-RCT

Nagendra Luitel

Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal, Nepal
Chloe Bamboulis

Title: Self-knowledge as self-improvement in Plato’s dialogues and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Chloe Bamboulis

Clinical Psychological Therapy, UK
Chan Luo Ming

Title: Peer Support Programme in the Singapore Civil Defence Force: A Community-Embedded Model for Mental Health Support in Young Emergency Services Personnel

Chan Luo Ming

Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore
Carol Ong

Title: Neuro-Informed Broadcasting for Scalable Mental Wellness Communication in the Asia-Pacific

Carol Ong

DCO Brain Switch, Malaysia
Raymond Tay

Title: Soaring Above Stress: Mastering Time & Well-Being in a Fast-Paced World

Raymond Tay

Collaborative Change, Singapore
Roji Maharjan

Title: A qualitative study on the Role of Taekwondo in promoting psychological wellbeing of practitioners

Roji Maharjan

Project Green Circle, Nepal
Selinta Clarke

Title: Beyond Talk Therapy: A Conceptual Framework for Tactile Cognitive Restructuring and Structured Play in Adult Psychotherapy

Selinta Clarke

Holistic Psychotherapy Centre, Thailand
Syahida Zulkarnain

Title: From Physical Circles to the Metaverse: Leveraging Virtual Anonymity and the Online Disinhibition Effect to Neutralize Mental Health Stigma in Malaysia

Syahida Zulkarnain

NGO Empati, Malaysia
Pamela Christie

Title: Supporting the Developing Self: Adolescent Identity, Agency and Mental Wellbeing in Schools

Pamela Christie

Inclusive Future Ltd, United Kingdom
Aslihan Eslek

Title: The Effect of Psychodrama Group Therapy on Anxiety Levels in Parents of Children with Anorectal Malformations

Aslihan Eslek

Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
Hashem Mestarihi

Title: Perceived Competency and Attitudes of Emergency Nurses Towards Patients Boarding in Emergency Departments with Psychiatric Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar

Hashem Mestarihi

Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Danielle West Mars

Title: Opening the Window of Tolerance: The Role of Somatic Therapy in Processing Trauma

Danielle West Mars

Managing Director Media Tech, Thailand
Marzena Agata Folusz

Title: Power Home as an Author Developed Pedagogical and Psychoeducational Framework for Well Being From Prevention to Supporting Adolescents After Crisis and Trauma

Marzena Agata Folusz

Stiftung Jugendhilfe Aktiv, Germany
Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa

Title: Understanding How mTBI Impacts the Career and Independence of Young Adults

Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa

Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Helen Holmes

Title: Self-Harm in Adolescents: Understanding and Supporting the Cessation of Self-Harming Behaviour

Helen Holmes

The Blues Clinic, UK
Silan Derin

Title: Beyond Coping with Climate Change: Mental Health and the Capacity to Feel: A Psychodynamic Perspective in Times of Uncertainty

Silan Derin

IPU, Germany