The EPA submitted a response to the European Commission Consultation on Cardiovascular Health Checks, calling for people with severe mental illness to be explicitly recognised as a high risk population in screening programmes for cardiovascular health. People with severe mental…
The EPA was pleased to join the event on Psychedelic Research and Access in Ukraine at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was organised by our partners at PAREA and the the MEP Action Group on Psychedelics in Healthcare,…
PsyPal, the first consortium to receive an EU clinical research grant for the study of psychedelic therapy, has published a comprehensive guidance paper to inform stakeholders across research, clinical practice, regulation, policy, advocacy, and industry. The paper outlines key considerations…
The 12th EPA Forum took place on Saturday, 28 March in Prague ahead of the 34th European Congress of Psychiatry. The event brought together perspectives from psychiatry, psychology, neurology, lived experience, informal caregivers, and health policy from the UN, EU,…
EPA Past-President, Prof Geert Dom, spoke at the European Parliament in Brussels on 18 March 2026. The event “European Vision for the Brain: Coordinating Research, Care & Innovation” took place as part of Brain Health Week, thanks to the European Brain Council…
EPA President, Prof. Andrea Fiorillo, spoke at the Brain Health Summit in Brussels on 18 March 2026. The Brain Health Summit was once again organised by the Brain Health Mission and our partners, the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), the…
The EPA is pleased to announce that it has joined the Sleep Health Europe Coalition. The Coalition gathers voices and associations from across sleep science, healthcare, advocacy, and civil society. The EPA is proud to represent the psychiatry community as part…
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has unanimously adopted an opinion opposing the draft additional protocol on involuntary placement and treatment in mental healthcare services to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention) on 28…
The EPA welcomes the recent vote by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) calling on European countries to adopt legislation prohibiting conversion practices. Adopted by a clear majority during the Assembly’s plenary session in Strasbourg, the resolution…
The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and Committee on Public Health (SANT) have held a joint Hearing on “Digital violence and women’s mental health”, on Thursday, 11 December 2025. The hearing featured a presentation by…