Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID)
Section committee
KRYSTA Krzysztof
, Chair
PERERA Bhathika,
Secretary
THEIL Michael - Mark,
First Other Councillor
KRZOSKA Carolin,
Second Other Councillor
Section mission
This Section's mission is to:
Raise awareness of the mental health difficulties of people with intellectual disabilities and their assessment and management to all psychiatrists practising in Europe.
Section objectives
- To raise the issue of the mental health needs of children, young people, and adults with intellectual disabilities and their carers among psychiatrists in Europe
- To develop EPA recommendations on the psychiatric care of people with intellectual disabilities
- To promote research on mental health in intellectual disabilities
- To promote education in psychiatric training programmes on intellectual disabilities
- To work collaboratively with partner Sections of EPA on their relevance to people with intellectual disabilities
- To achieve the objectives through publication and academic meetings of EPA
- To collaborate with intellectual disabilities organisations and professional psychiatric associations in Europe