The EPA is pleased to announce that Prof. Philip Gorwood has taken on his new role as EPA President, as of 7 April 2019, for a mandate of 2 years. Prof. Gorwood is Professor of Psychiatry at Sainte-Anne Hospital and Head of…
The EPA is pleased to welcome the newly elected EPA Board members: Andrea Fiorillo – Italy Cécile Hanon – France Diego Palao Vidal – Spain Meryam Schouler-Ocak – Germany Agata Szulc – Poland Jan Wise – United Kingdom Their mandate…
The EPA is pleased to welcome the new Steering Committee of the EPA Council of NPAs, composed of: Chair: Simavi Vahip, Turkey Vice-chair: Jerzy Samochowiec, Poland Secretary: Bernardo Carpiniello, Italy Find out more about the Committee’s role
In 2018, the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) was invited to appoint an official team to visit and review mental health services in Bulgaria and advise the Ministry of Health regarding recommendations for a reform in mental health services. For the…
The next European Psychiatric Association Board will be elected during the General Assembly on Sunday, 7 April 2019 in Warsaw. The EPA Board is vested with the broadest powers to act on behalf of the EPA and to perform any…
The EPA is pleased to announce the launch of the EBRA-project – short for the European Brain Research Area which is led by the European Brain Council (EBC). As a member of the EBC, the EPA joined this consortium in order to optimise the…
The EPA is marking this year’s World Mental Health Day by emphasising the topic proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Young people and mental health in a changing world”. On this day, EPA President Prof. Silvana Galderisi underlines the…
The EPA is pleased to announce that two new membership categories have been created in order to expand EPA benefits and involvement opportunities within the global mental health community. Professionals working in and around the psychiatric field, including psychologists, neurologists, psychiatric…
The EPA joins the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics in opposing the U.S. immigration policy that separates children from their parents. This is inhuman and likely to have a profound and negative life-long impact on the mental and physical health…
The EPA is very pleased to announce that patient organisations GAMIAN (Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks – Europe) and EUFAMI (European Federation of Association of Families of People with Mental Illness)have joined the EPA Board as ex-officio members. The inclusion of…