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EPA supports world mental health day

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…

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The EPA opposes U.S. policy separating families

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…

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Patient organisations join the EPA

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…

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The EPA subscribes the statement of the World Medical Association

In a statement released on 30 January 2018, the World Medical Association (WMA) has “expressed its grave concern over the arrests of leaders of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA).” Representatives of the TMA were detained after publicly voicing opposition to war, citing…

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