5th EPA Forum
Never has the EPA Forum been as well participated or as highly discussed as in 2019. The 5th Forum hosted during the 27th European Congress on 6 April 2019 in Warsaw, was titled “Implementing comprehensive evidence-based and right-centred strategies for mental health care across Europe”.
More than 400 participants were welcomed to this years Forum by the EPA President Silvana Galderisi (mandate 2017-2019) who gave an overview of the two discussion panels.
The first session on “The EU contribution to Mental Health Policy and Transfer of Best Practices in Mental Health at the EU Member State Level” was chaired by Prof Silvana Galderisi and the newly elected President Philip Gorwood (mandate 2019-2021). High-level speakers, including EU representatives and experts in the mental health field provided interesting insights on existing and future research projects. An interactive discussion followed on challenges and opportunities that EU Mental Health Care is facing and how EPA can support in overcoming them.
In the second session, a more international perspective on mental health care was addressed“ around “The Impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Mental Health Policies, Research and Care”, which gave the chance to exchange perspectives of the UN Special Rapporteur, the WHO, the World Psychiatric Association, patents organization GAMIAN-Europe as well as family and carers’ organization EUFAMI. In the debate concerns were raised on keeping a high standard and respecting the rights of people with a disability in order to achieve quality mental health care.
See the final Forum programme here below.
To view the presentations of the speakers, please click on the links included in the programme below.
programme
9:00
Welcome and Introduction
Silvana Galderisi – EPA President
The EU Contribution to Mental Health Policy and Transfer of Best Practices in Mental Health at the EU Member State Level Chairs: Silvana Galderisi & Philip Gorwood
9:15
Research and Innovation in Mental Health
Stéphane Hogan – Head of Sector for Neuroscience for the Health societal challenge within Horizon 2020 – DG Research, European Commission
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9:35
ROAMER and Horizon 2020: Priorities in Clinical Mental Health Research
Josep Maria Haro – Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu CIBERSAM, Teaching and Research Unit, Sant Boi de Llobregat
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9:55
EU-Compass for Action on Mental Health and Well-Being
Ionela Petrea – Head of Department, Trimbos International and Leader of the EU-Compass for Action on Mental Health and Well-being
10:15
General Discussion
10:50
Coffee Break
The Impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Mental Health Policies, Research and Care
Chairs: Wolfgang Gaebel & Danuta Wasserman
11:30
The CRPD: Report on the Right of Everyone to Enjoy the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health
Dainius Puras – UN Special rapporteur
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11:50
Mental Health, Standards of Care and Human Rights
Daniel Chisholm – Programme manager for Mental Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe
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12:10
The WPA Perspective
Helen Herrman – President, World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
12:30
The Users’ and the EPA Perspectives
Katerina-Aikaterini Nomidou – Secretary General, Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe (GAMIAN-Europe)
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12:50
The Families’ and the Carers’ Perspectives
Margaret Walker – Executive Director, European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness (EUFAMI)
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13:10
General Discussion
13:35
Lunch and Informal Discussions