The World Association for Social Psychiatry (WASP) was founded in 1964 by Joshua Bierer of the U.K

The purpose of the WASP is as follows as the constitution defines

• To study the nature of man and his cultures and the prevention and treatment of his vicissitudes and behavioral disorders.
• To promote national and international collaboration among professionals and societies in fields related to Social Psychiatry.
• To make the knowledge and practice of Social Psychiatry available to other sciences and to the public, and
• To advance the physical, social and philosophic well-being of mankind.