Almost three years ago on taking up the Presidency of the World Psychiatric Association, representing over 2.5 lakh psychiatrists around the world, we set on a journey together to raise the profile of some themes related to mental health of underserved populations but also focusing on mental health of women facing interpersonal violence, children’s sexual and emotional abuse; prisoner mental health care and mental health promotion. Various policy documents and training curricula have been developed in all these areas but also on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals; migrant; mental health; individuals with intellectual disability and their mental health while those for the elderly is under development. All these documents and films developed by Avdesh Sharma on mental health promotion are available on the WPA website (www.wpanet.org).