Schizophrenia
Section committee
Aims & Objectives
Section mission
The EPA section “Schizophrenia” is aimed to promote high standards in research, training and clinical practice in its field of interest and to fight the stigma related to the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Section objectives
- To disseminate updated knowledge relevant to etiopathogenesis, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia
- To favour cultural exchanges and cross-fertilization among different approaches to the study of this complex diagnostic entity
- To promote early diagnosis and identification of at risk subjects
- To raise standards of care
- To address ethical issues in research and clinical care involving people with schizophrenia
- To identify unmet needs and means to address them
- To develop and deliver training courses for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development
- To compare clinical service, training, research and policy across Europe
Activities
Meetings/events
Section Educational Course
2018 Section educational course
Screening Cognitive Impairments in Psychosis Using the Cognitive Assessment Interview; Chairpersons: Joseph Ventura, USA ; Armida Mucci, Italy
Venue Nice Convention Center - Room: Risso 7A
3 March, 2018
Section Symposium
"Treating Beyond Symptoms to Improve Outcome: Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry"
(Chairpersons: Armida Mucci, Italy ; Wolfgang Gaebel, Germany; Speakers: Matteo Cella, United Kingdom; Antonio Vita, Italy; Merete Nordentoft, Denmark; Gabriele Sachs, Austria)
Venue: Nice Acropolis Convention Center - Room: Calliope
4 March, 2018
Section Business Meeting
2018 Section Business Meeting
Nice Acropolis Convention Centre - Meeting room Gallieni 1
Monday, March 5, 2018
Section EPA Itinerant Course
The Section EPA Itinerant Course “Recognizing and assessing negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia” was requested by the Psychiatric Association of Romania and was held in Timisoara on May 17, 2018.
Timisoara
May 17, 2018
Section Symposium
"Recovery-Oriented Approach to Severe Mental Disorders: Focusing on Key Variables to Improve Outcome" (Chairpersons: Silvana Galderisi, Italy; Philip Gorwood, France; Speakers: Michaela Amering, Austria; Armida Mucci, Italy; Philip Gorwood, France)
Venue: Nice Acropolis Convention Center - Room: Calliope
5 March, 2018
Intersection Symposium
Intersection Symposium "Gender and Mental Health: Women in Psychiatry - Differences in Career Paths Across Europe"
(Chairpersons: Silvana Galderisi, Italy; Agata Szulc, Poland; Speakers: Agata Szulc, Poland; Anita Riecher-Rössler, Switzerland; Michaela Amering, Austria; Sophia Frangou, USA)
Partners :
EPA Section Women
Nice Acropolis Convention Center - Room: Calliope
5 March, 2018
Intersection Symposium
Intersection Symposium "New Challenges in the Treatment of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia"
(Chairpersons: Silvana Galderisi, Italy; Sonia Dollfus, France; Speakers: Stefan Kaiser, Switzerland, Sonia Dollfus, France; Istvan Bitter, Hungary; Laurent Lecardeur, France).
Partners :EPA Section Psychopharmacology
Nice Acropolis Convention Center - Room: Apollon
6 March, 2018
Publications
Proposed guidance paper:"Assessment and treatment of negative symptoms"
European Psychiatry
S. Galderisi, A. Mucci, M. Nordentoft, S. Dollfus, S. Kaiser, I. Bitter, P. Falkai, W. Gaebel
Proposed guidance paper: "Assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment"
European Psychiatry
A. Vita, W. Gaebel, A. Mucci, M. Nordentoft, G. Sachs, T. Wykes, S. Galderisi S.
Calendar of Future Activities
Section Business Meeting
2019 Section Business Meeting
Monday, April 8, 2019 hr. 12:00-13:30 Venue: Meeting room 1- Warsaw Expo XXI, Prądzyńskiego 12/14, Warsaw, Poland
Section Symposia
2019 Section Symposia
"Early Intervention in Psychoses: the State of the Art", within the 27th European Congress of Psychiatry, 6-9 April 2019, Warsaw, Poland
"Virtual Reality in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychotic Disorders", within the 27th European Congress of Psychiatry, 6-9 April 2019, Warsaw, Poland
Educational course
2019 Section Educational Course
"Screening Cognitive Impairments in Psychosis Using the Cognitive Assessment Interview"
Director: Joseph Ventura, USA ; Co-Director: Armida Mucci, Italy