Executive Committee Defines Strategic Agenda Combining Academic Excellence, Continuous Education, and Contemporary Vision of Mexican Psychiatry for its 60th Anniversary

The Mexican Psychiatric Association (APM) began to outline a more precise academic, scientific, and organizational roadmap for its National Congress, scheduled for September 2026. Representatives of the APM's Executive Committee, in coordination with its president, Dr. David Eduardo Saucedo Martínez, held a working meeting where they presented the strategic advances for the 2026-2027 biennium, also framed within the commemoration of the association's 60th anniversary. In an exclusive conversation for LaSalud.mx/Sanamente.mx, the members of the Executive Committee agreed that this planning process seeks to strengthen academic quality, expand the participation of new generations, and position Mexican psychiatry as a key axis of public health, with a contemporary, interdisciplinary, and evidence-based vision. Iván Noé Martínez Salazar, APM Treasurer, emphasized that his work focuses on managing financial resources with ethics and transparency, so that the financial value is directly translated into academic value for the members. He reaffirmed that the Mexican Psychiatric Association is the most important mental health institution in the country, open to innovation and collaborative work, and stressed that the 2026 National Congress will be a meeting of academic excellence, aimed not only at psychiatrists but also at mental health-related professionals. Continuing education with ethics and curriculum validity. Finally, Dr. Marcela de la Asunción Martínez González, Continuing Education Coordinator, detailed that her management will focus on establishing agreements with universities, hospitals, and medical societies, as well as supervising the structure, follow-up, and indicators of the courses endorsed by the APM. She highlighted that all programs will have accreditation, academic credits, and certificates of curriculum validity, and will be developed under the principles of educational ethics, transparency, conflict of interest management, and scientific balance, in addition to promoting academic offers online during the biennium. A congress that sets the course. The members of the Executive Committee for the 2026-2027 period agreed that the next APM National Congress will be a turning point for Mexican psychiatry: a space to update knowledge, strengthen the professional community, and reaffirm the strategic role of mental health in the country. This note, as well as reports, exclusive interviews, videos, podcasts, and more, you will find in our next special digital edition of 'Selected Topics in Mental Health.' From the Academic Secretariat, Dr. Enrique González Ruelas emphasized that his incorporation into the Executive Committee responds to a personal and professional trajectory closely linked to the APM. He pointed out that the 2026 National Congress will have a broad and diverse program, with lectures dedicated to bipolar disorder, psychogeriatrics, child psychiatry, as well as innovations in psychiatric practice and telepsychiatry. The specialist highlighted that the current management seeks to renew the image of the association, bring it closer to both psychiatrists and society, and actively contribute to the destigmatization of mental health in Mexico. Scientific Committee: evidence and opinion leadership. Dr. D.E.Ángel Alberto Ruiz Chow, Coordinator of the Scientific Committee, explained that his central responsibility will be to guarantee academic contents with high scientific support, integrating opinion leaders from all psychiatric and mental health subspecialties. He announced that, in addition to the congress, diplomas and courses endorsed by the APM will be promoted during the biennium, with the objective of strengthening continuous education and attracting new generations of psychiatrists. It should be recalled that the commemorative congress for the 60th anniversary will be held from September 10 to 12 in Mexico City, as one of the most relevant academic milestones of the period. Financial transparency at the service of knowledge. In the administrative sphere, Dr.