At the recent congress of the Polish Psychiatric Association in Krakow (4-8 September 2025), the EPA was represented at the highest level. The President, Prof. Andrea Fiorillo, the Past-President, Prof. Geert Dom, Ethics Committee member and former EPA President, Prof….
Are you an EPA member? Not a member (yet)? Well, good news: this webinar is open to all! We welcome the wider psychiatry community and anyone who is interested to learn more about the EPA and what it’s like to…
Mark your calendar for the upcoming EPA webinar on the topic of “Mental Health of People with Migration and Refugee Background in a Changing Europe -Challenges and Solutions“ which will take place on Tuesday 10 December 2024 from 16:00 to 17:00 (CET)…
Despite some progress in affirming attitudes towards LGBTI+ people, scientific research (Jarasiunaite-Fedosejeva & Kravcenko 2022, Bayrakdar & King 2023) and the Pride Report 2024 clearly show that there are still negative attitudes, stigma, and discrimination in various European countries against…
Mark your calendar for the upcoming webinar on the topic of “Ethical Principles and Dilemmas in Psychiatry“ which will take place on Tuesday 6 February from 14:30 to 15:30 (CET). Led by Prof. Dr. Meryam Schouler-Ocak, this one-hour webinar will feature the following speakers: Dr. Jan Wise presenting on…
Mark your calendar for the upcoming Online Talks with Experts on the topic “Challenges & Opportunities in Public Mental Health“ which will take place on Thursday 1 February 2024 from 15:00 to 16:00 (CET) with the participation of Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa (King’s College London,…
RESEARCH PRIZES (Deadline for application: 23 October 2023) The EPA will award Research Prizes of €2000 each to 5 Early Career Psychiatrists working in the WHO Europe region, who have published the best scientific papers in 2023. From clinical psychopathology to child psychiatry, candidates have…
The EPA Committee on Ethical Issues will hold a webinar on ‘Implementing alternatives to coercion in psychiatric practice’ on Wednesday 19 July from 16:00 CEST. Chaired by Meryam Schouler-Ocak (Germany) and Silvana Galderisi (Italy), the webinar will examine coercion as…
The fourth Online Talks with Experts session, will take place on Thursday, 06 July 2023 from 15:00 CEST with the participation of Dr Ken Courtenay on the topic “Mental Health in Intellectual Disability“. This 1-hour exchange will start with a short presentation followed by a Q&A session. Save…
The EPA Early Career Psychiatrists Committee has teamed up with the EPA Section on Psychopharmacology for the third Online Talks with Experts session. Join our expert, Prof. Dr. István Bitter, Professor of Psychiatry in Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, for an inspiring discussion on “Pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia”! This 1-hour exchange…