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GAMIAN-Europe participated in the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry in Paris
Organised by the European Psychiatric Association and under the motto “Social Cohesion, a Common Goal for Psychiatry” the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry Congress took place on 25-28 March in Paris. GAMIAN-Europe was there! GAMIAN-Europe organised a joint...
Check out GAMIAN-Europe’s Top Tips for Brain Health!
From March 13th-19th is Brain Awareness Week. For this year's edition, GAMIAN-Europe decided to take a look at some Top Tips for Brain Health in the form of a concise guide The guide focuses on three of the six internationally recognised pillars of brain health. They...
GAMIAN-Europe’s response to EC’s call for evidence entitled ‘A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health’
With the European Commission's announcement of an initiative towards mental health, called a comprehensive approach to mental health, and their subsequent call for evidence around this, GAMIAN-Europe and it's members decided to write a feedback paper laying out what...
MEP Alliance and the Coalition for Mental Health and Wellbeing Event Coming Soon!
The co-chairs of the Coalition for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the MEP Alliance for Mental Health would like to warmly invite you to participate in our joint meeting, addressing the European Commission’s current efforts to develop a ‘comprehensive approach to...
Report and Video for the Comorbidity of Cancer and Depression out now!
For World Cancer Day 2023, GAMIAN-Europe, in collaboration with the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) released our testimonial video and comprehensive report on the comorbidity of cancer and depression. This project is the fruit of a survey and two in-depth...
Registration for the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry Congress is now open
Under the motto “Social Cohesion, a Common Goal for Psychiatry” the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry Congress will take place this year on 25-28 March. This event, organised by the European Psychiatric Association is gathering international experts in Paris to...
GAMIAN-Europe’s president Peter Keri travelled to Ankara to represent mental health patients
As part of the pan-European Mental Health Coalition, GAMIAN-Europe’s president Péter Kéri is travelling to Ankara to represent mental health patients during the second WHO meeting to be held on 23-24th November. Challenges, goals, and actions to improve mental health...
GAMIAN-Europe participated in the Young European Greens event “Mental Health is Political”
On 11-13 November, the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) organised a three-day event in Brussels to talk about mental health and raise awareness about the need of integrating mental health into policy areas beyond health care. The event had the participation...
GAMIAN-Europe proposes a future EU Strategy for Mental Health
Today, on the occasion of the Czech EU Presidency conference entitled ‘Resilient Mental Health in the EU’, GAMIAN-Europe - representing patients - has come forward with a blueprint for a future comprehensive EU Mental Health Strategy. Speaking at the conference,...
MEPs and stakeholders issue a strong call for an ambitious, cross-sectoral and inclusive mental health strategy
On the 25th of October, GAMIAN-Europe and the MEP Alliance for Mental Health co-hosted a meeting to capitalise on the current EU-level momentum with respect to mental health. Two important developments have given rise to this momentum. The first relates to Commission...
World Mental HealthDay 2022 – Join us in Calling for an EU-level Strategy for Mental Health
Today is #Worldmentalhealthday2022. We are using this day as a call to action for policy-makers and change-makers all over the European Union in calling for a European year dedicated to #mentalhealth as well as a comprehensive EU-level strategy for mental health....
GAMIAN-Europe elects new President and executive committee
On the 29th of September, GAMIAN-Europe held its Board Meeting and a new president Péter Kéri was elected. Alongside working for GAMIAN-Europe, he helps run the Awakenings Foundation in Hungary. Who is Our New President? Péter Kéri was born in Budapest and graduated...
My HeART, our first inaugural art competition, is completed
Over the last few months we have been receiving artwork from our member organisations around the globe and finally we can share their work with you. Initially we had three juries choose one of three pieces for each artist and then finally assign points to the chosen...
Ursula von der Leyen Announces New EU Initiative on Mental Health.
“"We should take much better care of our, friends, partners and beloved ones”. These were the words stated yesterday at the at the State of the European Union (SOTEU) by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in regarding the EU putting forward a new initiative for...
GAMIAN-Europe launches its campaign #BreakingSuicideStigma
The stigma surrounding suicide, especially for young males is rampant, statistics have shown that 80% of suicides in Europe between the ages of 15-34 are male. GAMIAN-Europe has decided to address this topic and launch a campaign, titled #BreakingSuicideStigma,...
GAMIAN-Europe Endorses EPP’s Petition for EU Year for Mental Health
Following the latest success of the European Parliament parliament voting in favour of protecting workers' rights from technostress and over-connection and thereby safeguarding their mental health, a new mental health focused initiatve backed by the...
EU Stakeholders Call for Reinforcement of Mental Health Priorities in the NCDs Initiative
With the aim of helping the EU Member States to lessen the effect of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and to improve mental health and wellbeing, last month the European Commission announced the start of the Healthier Together – EU Non-Communicable...
Mental health in the digital workspace: Resolution adopted
On Tuesday the European Parliament voted to put preventative measures against technostress and over-connection in place as well as boost the benefits of working from home so as to safeguard mental health. They voted 501 in favour, 47 against and 85 abstentions....
MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Latest meeting report is available!
On the 10th of May, 2022 the MEP Alliance met to further discuss the implementation of a Euopean year for Mental Health. The meeting was chaired by MEP Tomáš Zdechovský. The main focus of this particular meeting was had its theme around the priorities &...
COVID impact on mental health: Results of the II survey are out!
Our first COVID-19 survey highlighted the pandemic's impact on mental health for people with a pre-existing mental health condition. Since then we took the initiative to see what is happening post-COVID-19; whether patient needs are being met, how mental health...