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…
Don’t miss the opportunity to train on Motivational Interviewing with the new EPA Course now available online: with this course, you will learn more about the spirit of MI, the crucial relational foundation, the key techniques and how to use…
Through a new partnership with Cambridge University Press, European Psychiatry, the official journal of the EPA, is moving to open access in 2020. Philip Gorwood, EPA President, said: “Converting to open access, that is, providing free online access to all…
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 EPA is pleased to announce that its second Online Course “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing” is now open for enrollments and will start on 29 May 2019! Designed for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, this new online course will give learners…
The EPA Board came together on 16 May in Brussels to hold elections for five EPA Office Bearer positions. We are proud to announce the election of Peter Falkai as President Elect and Andrea Fiorillo as Secretary for Sections, as…
We are pleased to extend the deadline for the 9th edition of the Summer School! Apply until 20 May for this three-day intensive programme on the topic of the ABCs of Psychotherapy, which will take place from 12 to 15 September 2019,…
Training and sharing for optimal mental health care in Europe 30 April 2019 – On the heels of the EPA’s most attended congress in history that gathered over 4,300 participants from 102 countries in Warsaw, I am honoured to have entered my mandate as EPA…
The EPA is pleased to announce that the 9th edition of the Summer School will be organised from 12 to 15 September 2019, in Strasbourg, France, on the topic of the ABCs of Psychotherapy. During this three-day intensive programme, selected…