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Annual Report 2012 EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Contents FOREWORD 05 EPA COMMITTEES 06 THE 20TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY - EPA 2012 PRAGUE 08 SECTIONS 09 COUNCIL OF NATIONAL SOCIETIES/ASSOCIATIONS (NPAS) 11 EDUCATION 12 EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS 13 PRIZES AND AWARDS 15 Committee ON Ethical ISSUES 16 EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY JOURNAL 16 COLLABoration WITH other societies 17 MEMBERSHIP 17 COMMUNICATION 19 FINANCES 21 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND EPA INTERNAL MEETINGS 24 SECRETARIAT 26 www.europsy.net 3 4 FOREWORD This Annual Report of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) presents the numerous activities carried out in 2012 and explains how these activities have contributed to the fulfilment of EPA’s mission: to improve psychiatry and mental health care in Europe. The most notable event of 2012 was the historical change of EPA Statutes, voted upon unanimously by EPA’s Extraordinary General Assembly on 4 March in Prague. This change allows national psychiatric associations (NPAs) to become full voting members of the EPA. It represents significant progress in the transformation of EPA into a larger and more powerful association which has a unique voice for psychiatry in Europe. The subsequent revision of the EPA Rules of Procedures, to be voted upon by the EPA Board in April 2013, ensures that both NPAs and individual members are properly integrated with the Association. This Extraordinary General Assembly, as well as the Ordinary General Assembly, took place during the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry in Prague at which nearly 3200 participants from 85 countries came together to address the theme “Beyond Diversity towards Harmony.” On behalf of the EPA, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended and contributed to the success of the Congress, especially the Local Organising Committee (LOC), chaired by Prof. Cyril Höschl. In addition to their traditional meetings during the Congress, EPA’s Committees were once again very active throughout 2012. Here are a few highlights. The Council of NPAs met three times to develop and refine its long-term agenda. The Committee on Education further developed the EPA Academia for Excellence in European Psychiatry through which 23 Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses were offered. Additionally, the nd2 edition of EPA’s Summer School was organised in Strasbourg, France in July, positioning this event as one of the major educational events in European Psychiatry. It took place under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, and the Council of Europe hosted the Opening Ceremony. The Early Career Psychiatrists Committee (ECPC) remained focused on the continual implementation of its action plan by its four task forces (Meetings and Associations; Research; Publications; Professional Development). EPA Sections were well-represented at EPA 2012 Prague through Section symposia, a workshop and business meetings. Furthermore, 2012 saw the creation of EPA’s 20th Section - Sexual Medicine and Mental Health. EPA’s Committee on Ethical Issues spent much time studying and answering ethical questions directly addressed to EPA as well as preparing a special symposium for 2013. 2012 also marks the end of my mandate as EPA President. As I reflect upon all that we have accomplished these past two years, 2012 in particular, I would like to sincerely thank you for your support, confidence and trust in my work. I am counting on each and every EPA member to continue to work enthusiastically towards achieving EPA’s mission and I trust that through the leadership of Prof. Danuta Wasserman, 2013 will be another year full of accomplishments for EPA. Patrice Boyer www.europsy.net 5 EPA COMMITTEES IN 2012 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Patrice Boyer President FR Marianne Kastrup Secretary General DK Danuta Wasserman Henning Sass SE DE President Elect Secretary for Education EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS COMMITTEE Hans-Jürgen Möller Michael Musalek DE AT Past President Secretary for Sections Andrea Fiorillo Chair IT Philip Gorwood Treasurer FR Silvana Galderisi Advisor IT Umberto Volpe Co-Chair IT Nikolina Jovanovic HR Amit Malik UK BOARD Cyril Höschl CZ Alexander Nawka CZ Mariano Bassi IT Siegfried Kasper AT Martina Rojnic Kuzman HR Julian Beezhold UK Marianne Kastrup DK István Bitter HU Jean-Pierre Lépine FR Julio Bobes Garcia ES Hans-Jürgen Möller DE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FR AT Patrice Boyer Michael Musalek Henning Sass Chair DE Wolfgang Gaebel DE Henning Sass DE Pierre Baumann CH Silvana Galderisi IT Danuta Wasserman SE Dinesh Bhugra UK Philip Gorwood FR Gil Zalsman IL Andrea Fiorillo IT Cécile Hanon FR Zvi Zemishlany IL Marc H.M. Hermans BE Christoph Lauber UK EPA COUNCIL OF NPAS Jean-Pierre Lépine FR Mariano Bassi Chair IT Amit Malik UK Rutger Jan van der Gaag Vice-Chair NL Nadja Maric-Bojovic RS Marija Burgić-Radmanović Secretary BA Norman Sartorius CH 6 Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what “makes a team work, a community work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi Board EDITORS-IN-CHIEF OF EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY, THE JOURNAL OF EPA Sophia Frangou UK Philip Gorwood FR Reinhard Heun UK COMMITTEE ON ETHICAL ISSUES Marianne Kastrup Chair DK SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE EPA 2012 PRAGUE Julian Beezhold UK Patrice Boyer Chair FR Siegfried Kasper AT Silvana Galderisi IT Cyril Höschl CZ Marianne Kastrup DK Cécile Hanon FR EPA 2012 Prague LOC Chair Wolfgang Rutz SE István Bitter, Hungary HU Hans-Jürgen Möller DE Henning Sass DE Sophia Frangou UK Michael Musalek AT Norman Sartorius CH Silvana Galderisi IT Henning Sass DE Danuta Wasserman SE Philip Gorwood FR Danuta Wasserman SE LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC) - EPA 2012 PRAGUE Cyril Höschl Chair Prague Jan Libiger Hradec Kralove Jiri Raboch Co-Chair Prague Jiri Masopust Hradec Kralove Martin Anders Prague Pavel Mohr Prague Lucie Bankovská-Motlová Prague Hana Papezova Prague Eva Ceskova Brno Jan Prasko Olomouc Jiri Horáĉek Prague Juraj Rektor Prerov Michael Hrdlicka Prague Jaromir Svestka Brno Ladislav Hosak Hradec Kralove Filip Spaniel Prague www.europsy.net 7 THE 20TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY - EPA 2012 PRAGUE The 20th European Congress of Psychiatry took place 3-6 March 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic under the motto, “Beyond Diversity towards Harmony.” Nearly 3200 participants from 85 countries came to Prague to join in on the rich scientific programme and to take advantage of the numerous networking opportunities offered by EPA. HIGH LEVEL AND RELEVANT Fourteen Academia CME Courses were offered SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME during the Congress and attracted 310 participants. This represents an increase of 10% EPA’s high-quality, multidisciplinary scientific compared to EPA 2011 Vienna, proof that EPA’s programme provided a full review of the most CME Courses generate more and more interest important aspects of diagnosis and treatment each year from Congress participants wishing in psychiatry and of the latest achievements in to update their knowledge and to improve their this field including highly attended core sessions skills. such as: Once again, the dedicated European Early Career “Genetics of ADHD” Psychiatrists Programme (EECPP) continued “The Human Brain Project - a new to attract an increasing number of early career paradigm for modeling brain function and dysfunction” psychiatrists (ECPs) to the Congress. This “Recent Developments in Treatment programme, specially tailored to the needs Resistant Depression (TRD)” of ECPs, addressed core issues of psychiatric “Individualised Therapy of Alcoholism” training in Europe and was facilitated by leading “Pro and Con Debate: Polypharmacy figures in European psychiatry. is necessary in Psychiatry” INNOVATIONS Introduced at this 20th Congress were the EPA Congress News and the mobile applications. Participants much appreciated these new tools which allowed them to stay up-to-date with the latest information throughout the Congress. Additionally since it was EPA’s 20th Congress, 20 travel grants were awarded to applicants having applied and having submitted abstracts. 8 ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES EFPIA The Congress was also the opportunity for all The European Federation of Pharmaceutical EPA Committees to have meetings. The following Industries and Associations (EFPIA), an organisa- meetings were held: Board meeting, Early Career tion representing the pharmaceutical industry Psychiatrists Committee meeting, Section’s operating in Europe, set up an online platform Coordination meeting, Extraordinary General at the request of industry leaders. This platform, Assembly and Ordinary General Assembly, entitled “e4ethics”, includes an Event Database Committee on Education meeting, Council with pre-assessment reports of events sponsored of NPAs meeting, Committee on Ethical Issues by industry and attended by healthcare profes- meeting. sionals. These reports aim to promote compliance with industry standards by targeting corporate compliance officers, national ethics groups and congress and meeting organisers. Following its pre-assessment, EPA reacted quickly to ensure that EPA 2012 Prague was fully compliant with industry standards. As a result, EPA was recognised as a fully compliant event in Executive Committee the Event Database. SECTIONS CREATION OF SEXUAL MEDICINE In addition to scientific input to the EPA AND MENTAL HEALTH SECTION Congress, several Sections contributed to and/or organised specific events in 2012. For On 4 March 2012, the EPA General Assembly example, the Section on Epidemiology and approved the creation of the Sexual Medicine
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