9th EPA Forum
"Mental Health in the context of challenging ecosystems”
First introduced in 2015, the EPA Forum traditionally precedes the official opening of the annual European Congress of Psychiatry, bringing together EPA members and congress delegates with European organisations, stakeholders and policy makers in the field of mental health and mental health care.
The 2023 EPA Forum will take place as an in-person event in Paris on Saturday 25 March (9:00 – 12:00 CET), and it will also be broadcast on the EPA congress website to allow everyone access to the event.
Under the theme “Mental Health in the context of challenging ecosystems”, this year’s programme will focus on the effect that contemporary ecosystems have on mental health and mental health care, tackling some of the main societal challenges in terms of Emergencies, Climate Change, and Migration.
Saturday 25 March 2023, 9:00 – 12:00 CET
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome and introductions – Peter Falkai, President, EPA
9:10 – 10:10
PART 1 – Presenting the main challenges of contemporary ecosystems and their effect on Mental health and Mental healthcare – moderated by Julian Beezhold, Secretary General, EPA
9:10 – 9:30
Mental Health in times of Emergencies
- (9:10 – 9:15) Presentation on the mental health effects of the War in Ukraine, Nataliya Maruta, President, Association of Neurologists, Psychiatrists and Narcologists of Ukraine
- (9:15 – 9:20) Presentation on the mental health effects of the earthquake in Türkiye, Koray Başar, Official Representative, Psychiatric Association of Türkiye
- (9:20 – 9:30) Presentation on the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Falkai, President, EPA
9:30 – 9:50
Mental Health and Climate Change
- (9:30 – 9:40) Jessica Newberry Le Vay, Policy Fellow in Climate & Health, Institute of Global Health Innovation
- (9:40 – 9:50) Geert Dom, President Elect, EPA
9:50 – 10:10
Mental Health and Migration
- (9:50 – 10:00) Apostolos Veizis, Advisory Board Member, Lancet Migration
- (10:00 – 10:10) Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Member of EPA Board, Chair of the EPA Committee on Ethical Issues
10:10 – 10:20
EPA Ambassadors Survey 2023
- Martina Rojnic Kuzman, Secretary for Sections, EPA
- Philip Gorwood, Past President, EPA
10:20 – 10:40
Coffee Break
10:40 – 10:45
Video keynote speech – Maria Walsh, Member of the EU Parliament and Co-Chair of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health
10:45 – 11:35
PART 2 – Roundtable and Open discussion on the lessons learned and the way forward to cope with the mental health effects of challenging ecosystems – moderated by Geert Dom, President Elect, EPA
Participants:- Julian Beezhold, Secretary General, EPA
- Péter Kéri, President, GAMIAN-Europe
- André Decraene, Vice-President, EUFAMI
- Ledia Lazeri, Regional Adviser for Mental Health Flagship, WHO Europe
- John Ryan, Director, Public Health, Cancer and Health security, DG SANTE, EU Commission
- Doron Wijker, Health Policy Analyst, OECD
