european psychiatric association

Committee on Ethics

The EPA Committee on Ethics is responsible for giving its contribution to the EPA position statements on ethical subjects (migration, prisons, assisted suicide, psychedelics, transgender, racism), collaborating with the EPA National Psychiatric Associations to promote ethical standards in psychiatric research and care, organising events during the EPA congresses as well as during independent meetings relevant to ethical issues for psychiatry in Europe and actively gathering information through surveys on how ethics in psychiatry is being managed in Europe and elsewhere.

Committee on Ethics Members 2024

Meryam Schouler-Ocak
Prof. Meryam Schouler-Ocak - Chair
Germany
Prof. Eka Chkonia
Georgia
Silvana Galderisi
Prof. Silvana Galderisi
Italy
Dr. Luís Madeira
Portugal
Dr. Sofie Bäärnhielm
Sweden
Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa
UK
Prof. Thomas Pollmächer
Germany
Prof. Jerzy Samochowiec
Poland
Prof. Sam Tyano
Israël
EPA Simavi VAHIP
Prof. Simavi Vahip
Türkiye

Activities

The EPA Committee on Ethics is conducting the following activities:

Creation and dissemination of the EPA Code of Ethics

Events

Publications

Surveys

  • Survey on Ethics in Psychiatric Practice to collect information from inpatient treatment settings of individual wards in psychiatric hospitals Europe-wide.

Online Webinars on Ethical Principles and Dilemmas in Psychiatry