We are happy to invite you to the upcoming webinar on mental health challenges during the COVID-19 health crisis. The webinar on “The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers” will take place on Friday…
On 6 February, the EPA took part in the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Recover-E project held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The meeting, organised by the Trimbos Institute (project coordinator), has gathered together all partners of the Recover-E project to discuss about the…
What if European associations working on mental health gathered together to discuss how best to collaborate to improve the quality of mental health care in the EU? That’s what happened on 10 January, what a good way to start 2020! Under…
In the run-up to the 2019 European Parliament elections, the European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) officially launched its EU Manifesto for Women’s Health in the European Parliament on 10 October 2018. The Manifesto lays out ways in which Europe can do…
On the occasion of today’s #WorldMentalHealthDay, the EPA and its National Psychiatric Associations (NPAs) join the WHO “40 Seconds of Action” campaign to increase awareness of the tremendous impact of suicide as a global public health problem and exchange knowledge…
Today on World Suicide Prevention Day, the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) highlights the importance of investing in suicide prevention and promoting cross-sectoral collaboration for the development of effective practices. “Suicide prevention should be included as a top priority in the…
In collaboration with the EPA, GAMIAN-Europe has now completed development of a project called “Developing trust and effective care”. The aim is to better understand the challenges and strengths of the relationship between patients and their psychiatrists. By listening to patients’ and psychiatrists’ stories, we…
The EPA, GAMIAN-Europe and EUFAMI have joined forces to launch a joint EU Election Manifesto, calling on the European Parliament to take and support EU-level action to better address and improve mental health across the EU. The Manifesto underlines that…
The report of the Interest Group on Mental health, Well-being and Brain disorders meeting entitled “New horizons for person-centred mental health research and care” is now published. The event which took place on 3 December in the European Parliament in…
On 5 December 2018, Julian Beezhold (EPA Secretary General) and Tomas Zdechovsky (MEP) chaired the meeting of the European Parliament Interest Group on Mental health, Well-being and Brain Disorders, during which the Health Policy Partnership (HPP) launched the final report of the project…