# Epidemiology and Public Health - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k1546 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Epidemiology and Public Health | WCP 2026 Summary > Breaking bad news takes place both in individual clinical encounters and through communication at the population level, and the study presented aims to identif… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k1546) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. Symposium PresentationPublic Health and EpidemiologyPlanned cross-sectional study # Epidemiology and Public Health Epidemiology and population health Presenter: Sophia Sanchez-Lopez Country: Mexico Session: 3091 - BREAKING GROUND: INNOVATIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH DRIVEN BY THE NEW GENERATION OF FEMALE INVESTIGATORS Date: Thu, 24.09.2026, 16:45 - 17:00 Room: Hall A3 Breaking bad news takes place both in individual clinical encounters and through communication at the population level, and the study presented aims to identify patients’ and their relatives’ preferences for receiving such news. Breaking bad news in healthcare occurs at two distinct levels: individual clinical encounters and population-level public health communication. While clinical protocols focus on empathy and patient understanding, public health frameworks emphasize transparency, trust-building, and risk management across the population. Effective communication of medical information is becoming essential not only to the quality of care but also to respect for patient autonomy; various studies have shown that clear, empathetic communication tailored to patients’ preferences can significantly improve treatment adherence, reduce anxiety, and strengthen trust in the healthcare team. In everyday clinical practice, however, the individual preferences of patients and those accompanying them regarding when, how, and in what level of detail they wish to receive information are not always explored or taken into account. The study aims to understand the preferences of outpatients, inpatients, and their family members for receiving bad news. Four groups of interest will be identified: patients newly admitted to hospital and their family members/accompanying persons, and patients attending a history-taking interview at an internal medicine outpatient clinic and their family members/accompanying persons. No findings have yet been reported in the abstract; only the study’s rationale and design are presented. How to cite this study APA 7: Sanchez-Lopez, S., et al. (2026, September 24). Epidemiology and population health [Symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Sanchez-Lopez S, et al. Epidemiology and population health [symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Author names and title formatting were generated automatically from the congress system; please check them against the original poster before use. ## On the same topic - [Birleşik Krallık'ta COVID sonrası DEHB ile ilgili arama ilgisinde orantısız artış](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0075) - [Brezilyalı üniversite öğrencilerinde dikkat eksikliği/hiperaktivite belirtilerinin yaşam tarzı ve anksiyete bağıntıları: UNILIFE çok merkezli kohort bulguları](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0087) - [Sendemik kuramının evsizlik, ruhsal hastalık, madde kullanımı ve suçlulukla ilişkisine uygulanması: bir kapsam derlemesi](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0093) - [Ruh sağlığı hizmetlerine başvuru zamanlaması ve genç erişkinlikte işgücü piyasasından dışlanma: Finlandiya kayıt temelli çalışması](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0228) - [Birinci sınıf üniversite öğrencilerinde depresyon ve birikimli olumsuz yaşantılar: Kenya üniversitelerinden bulgular](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0240) [All WCP 2026 summaries](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k1546 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim