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EBC – European Brain Council
Setting the scene for discussion and raising awareness of
neuroscience research in Europe.
EJN is publishing the 2011 version of
Consensus Document on European Brain Research (European Journal of
Neuroscience, Vol. 33, pp. 768–818, 2011).
The Consensus document on European Brain Research, prepared by
European Brain Council - EBC in collaboration with more than 200
European scientists and patients organizations, contains both
proposals for future research programmes and describes the needs and
achievements of research in Europe.
The document highlights the need for strong basic research in
neuroscience and the development of a strong European platform for
brain research which is needed to address brain diseases,
representing nowadays a societal emergency in European countries.
The present document represents an update to the 2006 Consensus
Document, reflecting changes in research priorities and advances in
brain research that have taken place since 2006.
Multinational and multidisciplinary teams have once again come
together to express their views, not only on what needs to be done,
but also on the current strengths in European research, hoping that
once again the Consensus document could inspire policy makers and
stakeholders in directing funding for research in Europe.
Please find below the link to the PDF of the article:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07596.x/pdf
November 22, 2010
Mrs Claudia Scardino, who works at
DG Health and Consumers of the European Commission and is
responsible for the development of the Health-EU portal, the
official public health portal of the EU, informs us that its
Newsletter
is available in 22 languages.
The latest issue of the Health-EU
newsletter: High-level conference on dementia
This edition of the Health-EU newsletter is dedicated to the
high-level conference on dementia that will be held in Brussels on
25-26 November in the context of the Belgian Presidency of the EU.
October 30, 2010:
The
13th Annual
Convention took place in Lisbon at
October 21– 24.
GE new board
has been elected.
The prospective place of the 14th
Annual Convention: Dublin, Ireland.
October 23, 2010:
Our vice-president Yoram Cohen,
who is at the same time the chairman of SACH (Save A Childs Heart),
was invited by the government of China to get the Award of
Friendship for the activities of SACH in China.
SACH is connected with China for the last 11 years, more than 100
children were saved, 9 delegations of doctors and nurses have
visited the medical centre in Hebbei district and more than 30
doctors and nurses came to Wolfson medical centre in Israel to
speciallize.
As for now, the medical centre in Hebbei is ready to save lives of
Chinese children by himself.
Our congratulations!
From 2011
onwards a reward will be
given to the member association that presented a local
project at the convention and that is designed by the participants
of the convention as “best practice” of the year.
The message from
Rebecca MÜller
(April 28):
The launch of the Interest Group
Yoram Cohen reports about his
presentation at the Global Patients Congress (Istanbul, 23-25
February 2010) which will be published in the Croatian Magazine for
Diabetes
In the end of November 2009 we
have received this document from the
Mental Health Commission of
Canada:
TOWARD RECOVERY & WELL-BEING
All details concerning the 12th
annual Convention are available
HERE
“Working together for mental
health”:
Bi-annual
WFMH World Congress,
Greece, 2-6 September 2009
Yoram Cohen reports about
the following:
Yesterday, Tuesday 13 October 2009, I took part at the Launch
of the Mental and Physical Health Charter in Brussels as
GAMIAN-Europe representative.
As you know , the charter was launched publicly at European and
national levels with a view to raise awareness as to the
interactions between mental and physical health and thus make the
case for action towards a more integrated and holistic approach to
care.
Among partners of the Mental and Physical Health Platforf were: Jown
Bowis (Chairman) , Dr Antonia Parvanova (Member of the European
Parliament, David Mcdaid (Moderator), Jurgen Scheftlein (European
Comission) and representatives of MH European organizations.
As the representative of GAMIAN-Europe I presented the Perspective
of Service Users (will be published in the next issue of the GE
Newsletter).
GAMIAN-Europe Regional
Seminar for Eastern Europe took place in
Bucharest on May 22-24, 2009.
For more detail please visit our
ARCHIVE
"Access
to Health Care for People with Mental Disorders in Europe".
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit of the
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, has sent us
this April Policy Brief written by Manfred Huber and Kristian
Wahlbeck on the research findings of the of the project HealthQUEST:
"Access to Health Care for People with Mental Disorders in Europe".
Abstract: Poverty and social exclusion continue to be serious
challenges across the European union and for health systems in
member states. People with mental disorders are at high risk of
poverty, stigmatisation and social exclusion. They are also more
likely to face physical health problems and to die prematurely.
There is evidence that they do not receive the general health care
that best responds to their needs. Improved access to general health
care is therefore essential to minimising disadvantage for people
with mental disorders. This policy Brief outlines hurdles of access
to health care for people with mental disorders and discusses
policy implications.
More
detail:
This is the message from Mrs Katarina Lans:
"Dear all,
I am very happy to inform you that during 2008, Guadalupe Morales gave
the honorarium she receieved when participating in the Consensus
Conference in October and MEP Round Table Meeting in November to
GAMIAN. The amount Guadalupe donated to GAMIAN was 2006 EUR.
Warmest regards
Katarina"
-
CAREIF
International Conference 2009
- On the conference held in
Berlin, Germany, on 17 and 18 March 2009 the presentation "Mental
health and well-being at the workplace - protection and
inclusion in challenging times" was delivered.
Detail...
- At the end of March 2009
Guadalupe Morales Cano, GAMIAN-Europe Secretary General was
elected of the board of European Patients Forum.
CONGRATULATIONS!
-
Personality Disorder and Ethnicity
Essay Prize: You are invited to submit in open competition an
essay on personality disorder, personality formation, aetiology and
therapies with a special focus on ethnicity and
race and culture. The prize is £2000.
Read more...
-
GAMIAN-Europe
vice-president Yoram Cohen reported:
The Breaking Through
Barriers
website
is at the center of a multi-stage campaign designed to improve
worldwide standards of care in depression and minimize the
associated stigma. Endorsed by international experts and advocates,
the international campaign is led by the WFMH and co-sponsored by
Eli Lilly & Company and Boehringer Ingelheim.
It's important to stress that this website is multilingual. The
detailed article about this project will be available in the
Newsletter #28.
-
Giovanni Asta,
Director of
European Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry,
reported about the
8th Workshop on Partnering for Rare
Disease Therapy Development: The Reality of Orphan Medicines, in the
Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read more...
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