Please click here to download the March 2013 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

On behalf of APAL Executive Committee, we wish to express our deepest grief, sorrow, and solidarity to the people from Brazil, particularly to our beloved colleagues and brothers from the Brazilian Psychiatric Association-ABP...

The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) held its most successful meeting to date in Istanbul, Turkey on 14-17 March 2012.  With over 900 in attendance, the meeting offered engaging keynote presentations...

The town of Alice Springs is at the very centre of Australia. Its indigenous name is Mparnpwe, the literal meaning of which is "meeting place" as it was a traditional place of coming together for various regional indigenous groups at times of ceremonies...

Save the date: Friday, 24th May 2013. Put it in your diary/agenda NOW...

Please click here to download the October 2012 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

Please click here to download the September 2012 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

The membership of the ISPS has voted to drop 'schizophrenia' from its name, on the basis that the label schizophrenia covers diverse disorders with diverse outcomes requiring diverse approaches, and because of the stigma and lack of hope often associated with the diagnosis.

Mental illness has the highest burden in Ghana, more particularly in our rural communities/remote areas. An estimated 25% of the youth and adult population are suffering from mental illnesses, mainly due to high intake of alcohol, smoking, drug abuse, stress arising out of poverty, and extensive domestic activities on the part of women/housewives. These are serious health challenges in our rural communities.

VI National Course on Dual Pathology and Gender, 21 June 2012, Bilbao, Spain, NICOTINE, DUAL PATHOLOGY AND FEMALE GENDER

Influence of ethnos on formation of alcohol dependency and level of social functioning of indigenous population of Siberia

The 27th APAL Congress will be held at the Sheraton Libertador Hotel in the city of Buenos Aires on 16-19 November 2012. APSA (Argentinean Psychiatrists Association) will be in charge of its organization.

On 23 June 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria, the MHF Team paid an advocacy visit to a Children’s Home (SOS). The SOS care givers were lectured on DEPRESSION.

The annual conference of the African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions (AAPAP) will hold in Lagos, Nigeria on November 22 – 24, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference, Mental Health Challenges for Africa in the 21^st Century, captures the current efforts of various stakeholders on the continent to get governments to attend to the large unmet need for mental health service that exists across the region.

Please click here to download the April 2012 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

The 2nd National Congress of Dual Pathology and Addictive Behaviors was held at Coimbra, Portugal on 8-10 February 2012, getting together 290 professionals who work with dual pathology patients, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, social workers and rehabilitation professionals.

Please click here to download the March 2012 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

Please click here to download the February 2012 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

WPA Co-sponsored XIV National congress of the Serbian Psychiatric Association and the III Eastern European Psychiatric Congress will be held from 18-21 April 2012 in Sava Centre, Belgrade (Serbia), under the auspices of President of Republic of Serbia.

On September 6-7, 2011 in Tomsk, Mental Health Research Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences celebrated its 30th anniversary. International status of the event was evident by participants from Germany, Sweden and Kazakhstan.

Almost 200 delegates from 30 countries attended the Fifth EUFAMI European Congress, which was held in Basel, Switzerland on the 24th and 25th September 2011.

A new WPA book of the series “Anthologies of International Psychiatric Texts” has just appeared and will be launched at the Greek Embassy in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, 20th September at 7.00 p.m.

The SAARC Psychiatric Federation (SPF) organized its 5th Conference at Lahore on 25‐27 March 2011. SPF was launched in Lahore in 2004 and it was a great privilege for Pakistani psychiatrists to host this meeting again in the city of Lahore that was attended by more than 250 delegates from all over the country along with representatives from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran, UK and Australia.

The ISPS is an affiliate association of the WPA. ISPS stands for the International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses.

Over the past several years, the health care organisations in a number of countries including Australia, Canada, the European Union, and the United States of America have recognized the importance of incorporating psychosocial care into national cancer treatment plans.

SAARC Psychiatric Federation (SPF) organized its 5th Conference at Lahore from 25‐27 March 2011 & was attended by more than 250 delegates from all over the country along with representatives from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran, UK and Australia.

Science Day in our country is traditionally observed on 8 February according to the Presidential Decree “About Establishment of Russian Science Day”. This dates back 11 years, since 1999

Members of the Institute of Australasian Psychiatrists attended and contributed at the recent stimulating PRCP meeting in Brisbane in 2010.

The Lithuanian Cultural Psychiatry Association (LCPA), inaugurated in 2004, is an Affiliated Association of the WPA, as well as of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry.

Please click here to download the April 2011 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

Please click here to download the flyer of EUFAMI's 5th European Congress, Basel, Switzerland, 24-25 September 2011.

Please click here to download the EUFAMI Congress Newsletter Number 2 - March 2011.

Please click here to download the November 2010 issue of the e-bulletin of EUFAMI.

EUFAMI recently launched its virtual Action Network at a Mental Health event in the EU Parliament in Brussels. The event, Toward Europe 2020: The role of Mental Capital and Well-Being, was hosted by Nessa Childers, MEP from Ireland.