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 EPA invites clinicians to take part in the TRUSTING Survey for Evaluating Risk of Relapse, launched today, Monday, 9 February. Clinicians practising in English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, or Turkish are kindly encouraged to answer this survey aiming to…
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Dear EPA Member, We are pleased to announce that the next EPA General Assemblies will take place on Sunday evening, 29 March 2026, in Prague, during the 34th European Congress of Psychiatry. The official invitation and detailed agenda will be…
On 17 December 2025, EPA Past-President Prof. Geert Dom took part in an OECD knowledge exchange webinar titled “Policies and practices to strengthen targeted support to veterans and their families in Ukraine.” The webinar brought together international and Ukrainian experts…
Dear Colleagues, dear Friends, dear EPA members, As the year draws to a close, I would like to thank all of you – our members, National Psychiatric Associations, Scientific Sections, committees, partners, and the EPA team – for your commitment…
Every day, millions of people are displaced globally, seeking asylum, protection, peace. Sometimes they leave by choice, sometimes out of necessity. Internation Migrants Day is a day established to highlight the hardships migrants and refugees experience, which cause distress, anxiety,…
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…
Prof. Andrea Fiorillo, EPA President, and Prof. Celso Arango, EPA President Elect presented the latest edition of the Headway – Mental Health Index 5.0 on “Care, Cohesion, and Growth: Advancing Mental Health through the Wellbeing Economy” at the European Parliament…