Digitalising mental health care: Practical recommendations from the European Psychiatric Association by Janos L. Kalman, Gerrit Burkhardt, Jerzy Samochowiec, Christian Gebhard, Geert Dom, Miriam John, Ozge Kilic, Tamas Kurimay, Lars Lien, Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Diego Palao Vidal, Jan Wiser, Wolfgang Gaebel, Umberto Volpe, Peter Falkai

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The Goldwater Rule at 50 and its relevance in Europe: Examining the positions of National Psychiatric Association Members of the European Psychiatric Association by Alexander Smith, Stefanie Hachen, Moritz van Wijnkoop, Kolja Schiltz, Peter Falkai, Michael Liebrenz

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Early Career Psychiatrists in Europe During COVID-19 Outbreak: Results of The EPA ECPC-EFPT Cross-Sectional Survey by T. Gondek

“…The anonymous, 24-question cross-sectional survey was conducted by the European Psychiatric Association Early Career Psychiatrists Committee (EPA ECPC) and the Task Force on Meetings and Associations with the collaboration and support of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT). 517 participants from 39 different countries (member states of the Council of Europe) have been included in the analysis. …”
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In Memory of Professor Petr Viktorovitch Morozov by Editorial Board

“…He was a world famous expert in psychiatry and held numerous top positions in professional associations: Secretary General of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), vice-President of the Russian Society of Psychiatrists, an ECNP ambassador in Russia, an expert of the Council of Europe, a member of the Council of the European Psychiatric Association, a curator of the WPA-Servier Academy for young scientists, to name but a few recent positions.…”
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Early career psychiatrists in europe during the COVID-19 outbreak: Results of the EPA ECPC-EFPT cross-sectional survey by T. Gondek

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Early career psychiatrists in europe during COVID-19 outbreak: Results of the EPA ECPC-EFPT cross-sectional survey by T. Gondek

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Diagnosing ADHD in adults: Diagnostic tools and differential diagnosis by T. Gondek

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The difficult differential diagnosis of BPD look-alikes by T. Gondek

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EPA guidance on treatment of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia by A. Vita

“…The aim of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance paper was to provide a comprehensive meta-review of the current available evidence-based treatments for cognitive impairment in schizophrenia, structured into three sections: pharmacological treatment, psychosocial interventions, and somatic treatments. …”
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Pharmacotherapy of high-risk population for developing psychosis by P. Mohr

“…Existing guidelines (European Psychiatric Association, NICE, Canadian) do not consider drug treatment as the first-line choice, pharmaceuticals mostly complement least restrictive, non-pharmacological approaches (e.g., CBT). …”
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Combining remote work and training: the experience of participating in the first Virtual EPA Gaining Experience Programme by K. Shalak

“… Abstract Each year the European Psychiatric Association offers early career psychiatrists the opportunity to take part in the Gaining Experience programme, a scholarship that funds short observership placements (between 2 and 8 weeks) overseas in different psychiatric institutions across Europe to ECPs who have completed their psychiatric training. …”
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Promoting physical distancing and not social distancing: When the words matter by D. Wasserman

“…For this reason, the members of the European Psychiatric Association Ethics Committee wrote an e-letter in response to an opinion piece published by Science (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6484/1282/tab-e-letters), and also wrote to the European Psychiatry (https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.60) and the World Health Organisation explaining why the term ‘physical distancing’ should instead be used among policymakers, governments and the general public. …”
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Digital transcultural psychiatry in times of crisis: the Help for helpers webinar series by M. Rojnic Kuzman

“…On February 28th 2022, the European Psychiatric Association has started a network of solidarity for Ukraine to respond to the needs of people in Ukraine as verbalized by the Ukrainian mental health professionals, but also to the need of surrounding countries where people from Ukraine fled to. …”
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The involvement of Croatian psychiatrists in helping the displaced persons from Ukraine by M. Rojnic Kuzman

“…However, we also learnt some of the practices that proved effective – including the fast creation of collaborative networks on a larger scale that also allowed fast spread of good practices and practical organisation of help. The European Psychiatric Association as well as individual national psychiatric association have started an informal network of solidarity for Ukraine on February 28th, 2022 to respond to the needs of people in Ukraine as verbalized by the Ukrainian mental health professionals, but also to the need of surrounding countries where people from Ukraine fled to. …”
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Compulsory Admissions of Patients with Mental Disorders in Europe: State of The Art on Ethical and Legislative Aspects by D. Wasserman

“…In 2018, a survey was created and disseminated by the European Psychiatric Association Ethics Committee to National Psychiatric Associations within 40 European countries to learn more about the legislation, key actors involved, and reasons for admission. …”
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Should we despecialize the training? Postgraduate training in psychiatry in the time of the COVID-19 outbreak in poland: Challenges & solutions by A. Szczegielniak, T. Gondek, A. Rewekant

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Outcome measures in forensic mental health services: A systematic review of instruments and qualitative evidence synthesis by Ryland, H, Cook, J, Yukhnenko, D, Fitzpatrick, R, Fazel, S

Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among the general population in China during the COVID-19 pandemic by Shi, L, Que, J-Y, Lu, Z-A, Gong, Y-M, Liu, L, Wang, Y-H, Ran, M-S, Ravindran, N, Ravindran, AV, Fazel, S, Bao, Y-P, Shi, J, Lu, L

The role of gender as a barrier to the professional development of psychiatrists by Ozge Kilic, Anita Riecher-Rössler, Silvana Galderisi, Philip Gorwood, Sophia Frangou, Mariana Pinto da Costa

“…Methods A cross-sectional 27-item online survey was conducted with psychiatrists and psychiatric trainee members of the European Psychiatric Association. Results A total of 561 psychiatrists and psychiatric trainees from 35 European countries participated representing a response rate of 52.8% for women and 17.7% for men from a total sample of 1,580. …”
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Smoking in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit in Ireland with a “Tobacco Free Campus” policy: the prevalence, the associated factors, the social consequences and what can be done to add... by Karthika Srikumar, Alaa Adam, Fred Sargaison, Margaret O'Grady

“…This poster has been accepted to be presented in the European Psychiatric Association Congress in March 2023.…”
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