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German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN)

Date of creation: 1842

Number of members (as of December 2010): 5 800

Objectives and mission of the association:
The German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) is a medical professional society. The DGPPN was founded in 1842 and currently has actually 5,800 members. It is thus the largest and oldest scientific association of doctors and scientists working in the field of psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics in Germany. The DGPPN is a vibrant professional society, and many members become involved as volunteers, be it on the board or in the specialised groups. The work of the DGPPN is based on the vision of a society in which people with mental illnesses can live free from prejudice and receive the personalised care and necessary help they need. Optimal, scientifically founded and individualised medical, psychological and social support should be available to everyone at all times and in all places.

President: Prof. Peter Falkai, MD

Official Representative to EPA: Prof. Peter Falkai, MD

Headquarters:
DGPPN Head Office Berlin
Reinhardtstrasse 14,
10117 Berlin,
Germany
Tel: +49-(0)30-240 477 210
Fax: +49-(0)30- 240 477 229

E-mail address: sekretariat@dgppn.de

Website: www.dgppn.de

Major meeting/event(s):
Psychiatry Congress Berlin (Annual) www.psychiatry-congress.de
Next Congress: 23-26 November 2011, ICC Berlin, Germany

Journal: Der Nervenarzt www.springer.com/medicine/journal/115