Highlights


18th European Congress of Psychiatry

The 18th European Congress of Psychiatry was organised from 27 February to 2 March 2010 in Munich, Germany, under the presidency of Professor Hans-Jürgen Möller, EPA President. It was attended by nearly 3500 participants. To view the congress photo gallery, please click here.

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EPA Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry Section

The 15th Symposium of the EPA Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry Section is under preparation in collaboration with the EPA Cultural Psychiatry Section and will take place in Bergen, Norway, from 16 to 19 June 2010.

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The European Bristol-Myers Squibb Prevention Award in Psychiatry 2010

The winner of the European BMS Prevention Award in Psychiatry 2010 is Dan Rujescu from University of Munich, Department of Psychiatry, Germany. He was awarded for his work “Genetics of schizophrenia” at the opening ceremony of the 18th European Congress of Psychiatry on 27 February 2010 in Munich.

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Psychiatric Training Questionnaire

The EPA Young Psychiatrists Committee is doing a study on difficulties and perspectives related to psychiatric training residency. In order to collect information, any young psychiatrist or trainee is invited to participate in the survey by clicking here.

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EPA Corporate Membership

In addition to the EPA European Platform of Psychiatrists organized every year to increase its cooperation with National Psychiatric Associations, EPA has decided, through a change of its statutes, to offer the possibility to national and international psychiatric associations to become EPA Corporate Members.
Corporate Members are public or private bodies which establish a longstanding collaboration [...]

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A dynamic growth

“Dear Colleagues
it is with great pleasure that we announce that European Psychiatry is continuing its dynamic growth. The new impact factor for the journal is 2.433 (ISI Web of Knowledge, 2008 Journal Citation Reports), an increase of 30% since last year. We would like thank all the contributors and reviewers for the high scientific quality [...]

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EPA reinforces its cooperation with the Royal College of Psychiatrists

From left to right: Prof. H. Sass, Mrs V. Cameron, Prof. D. Bhugra, Prof. H-J. Möller
On 2 March 2009, a delegation composed of Prof. Hans-Jürgen Möller (EPA President), Prof. Henning Sass (EPA Secretary for Education), and Caroline Martin (EPA Project Manager) was welcomed by Prof. Dinesh Bhugra at the beautiful premises of the Royal College [...]

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Prizes and Awards 2010

One of the European Psychiatric Association’s missions is to accompany young psychiatrists in their professional development. For this, the association offers a large panel of grants and prizes. EPA will propose following prizes or awards to be granted in 2010:

European BMS Prevention Award in Psychiatry
Research Prizes
Young Psychiatrists Scholarship Programme

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