The beginnings of the World Psychiatric Association in 1950, as an Association for the Organization of World Congresses of Psychiatry, with Jean Delay as its President and Henry Ey as its Secretary General, must be appreciated within the context of world events and developments in the health field.

The chronological list of the WPA Presidents and WPA Secretary Generals since 1950...

The name, the purposes, membership, administration and modification of articles of association - dissolution...