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EPA Policy Event 2016

From policies to practice – from practice to policies: Creating synergies for better health in Europe

With the aim of fostering better dialogue among key experts in the field of health and social care, the European Psychiatric Association successfully hosted its first Policy Event in Brussels, “From policies to practice – from practice to policies: Creating synergies for better health in Europe”.

Through this event, which took place on Friday 9 December at the University Foundation, EPA gave particular attention to two main topics that are high on the EU agenda: integrated health care and mental health in the workplace.

In addition to EPA leaders, high-level representatives from European Institutions, (mental) health professionals, academics, patients and civil society gathered together to discuss relevant EU policy developments in these areas and exchange on possible solutions for better health and health care in Europe.
EPA hopes that these efforts, along with the inter-sectoral collaboration promoted through events like this, will lead to the creation and implementation of comprehensive health policies throughout the EU.

The policy event, chaired by Wolfgang Gaebel (EPA President), Manuel Martín Carrasco (Chair of the EPA Council of National Psychiatric Societies/Associations) and Silvana Galderisi (EPA President Elect), opened with presentations addressing integrated health care and chronic diseases:

  • “The EU Action on Chronic Diseases and the place of mental health” (Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Health and Food Safety
    Patient empowerment in chronic disease management” (Hilkka Kärkkäinen, President, GAMIAN-Europe) (slides)
  • “Integrated care: Towards better health for all” (Wolfgang Gaebel, EPA President)
  • “Closing the treatment gap in brain diseases” (Patrice Boyer, Vice President, European Brain Council) (slides)
    And followed with:
  • “Promoting health, preventing disease. The economic case” (David McDaid, Research Fellow in Health Policy and Health Economics, London School of Economics and WHO-European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) (slides)
  • “Mental Health in the EU-Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work” (Jorge M. Costa-David, Policy Officer, Unit Health, Safety and Hygiene at Work, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) (slides)

Consult the event press release and the event report for more details.
Click here to see the photo gallery of the event on our Facebook Page.

 

 

 

2016 EPA Policy Event Agenda

13:30-13:45 Welcome and Introduction
Wolfgang Gaebel, EPA President
Investing in integrated health care for an inclusive and sustainable growth in Europe
Chair: Wolfgang Gaebel, EPA President
Co-chair: Manuel Martín Carrasco, Chair of the EPA Council of National Psychiatric Societies/Associations (NPAs)
13:45 – 14:00 The EU Action on Chronic Diseases and the place of mental health
Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Health and Food Safety
14:00 – 14:15 Patient empowerment in chronic disease management
Hilkka Kärkkäinen, President, GAMIAN-Europe
14:15 – 14:30 Integrated care: Towards better health for all
Wolfgang Gaebel, EPA President
14:30 – 14:45 Closing the treatment gap in brain diseases
Patrice Boyer, Vice President, European Brain Council (EBC)
14:45 – 15:15 Discussion with the audience
Moderated by Wolfgang Gaebel, EPA President
15:15– 15:30 Coffee break
Strengthening inter-sectoral, multi-level collaboration for better mental health at work
Chair: Silvana Galderisi, EPA President Elect
15:30 – 15:45 Promoting health, preventing disease. The economic case
David McDaid, Research Fellow in Health Policy and Health Economics, London School
of Economics and WHO-European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
15:45 – 16:00 Mental Health in the EU-Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work
Jorge M. Costa-David, Policy Officer, Unit Health, Safety and Hygiene at Work,
European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
16:00 – 16:20 The EU Framework for Action on Mental Health. The Member States’ involvement
György Purebl, President of the Hungarian Psychiatric Association (EPA NPA)
Tamás Kurimay, Vice-Chair of the EPA Council of NPAs, Member of the EU High-level
Expert Group on Mental Health
16:20 – 16:50 Discussion with the audience
Moderated by Silvana Galderisi, EPA President Elect
16:50 – 17:00 Concluding remarks
Wolfgang Gaebel, EPA President
17:00 – 18:00 Networking Reception