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Value of Treatment Symposium on Mental Health | 30th European Congress of Psychiatry

Dominika Suchonova — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Recent studies underscore the severity of the mental health challenges children and adolescents face that can lead to high disability. There are numerous unmet needs along the care pathways, although effective early detection and interventions exist. Navigating the mental health services system is often complex for families, due to fragmented or disrupted services.

The Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders (VOT) is a health economics and outcomes research project coordinated by the European Brain Council. The second round (VOT2) on new therapeutic areas (anorexia nervosa, autism spectrum disorder and major depressive disorder) was launched in 2019. This semester will be an important milestone in terms of case study results dissemination. The study looked at early intervention and explored the benefits of improved detection, continuity of care and treatment, and collaborative care patterns (also addressing mental health problems with comorbid medical conditions) on outcomes to patients and costs. Case studies which combine a care pathway analysis followed by an economic evaluation were conducted with the support of Academic Partners, applying empirical evidence from different European countries.

The European Brain Council (EBC) and the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) will convene a meeting at the upcoming EPA Congress 2022 to address challenges especially from the health economics perspective. Study results from VOT2 case studies on anorexia nervosa, autism spectrum disorder and major depressive disorder, will be showcased. In this symposium, we report the findings of the groups of the Value of Treatment initiative and contextualise these by highlighting the limitations of existing economic models; the gaps in data availability; current research to address these gaps as well as directions for future research that will improve our ability to make the economic case for investment as well as our understanding of the patient experience and journey.

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30th European Congress of Psychiatry

Dominika Suchonova — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The 30th European Congress of Psychiatry, organised by the largest association of psychiatrists in Europe, took place virtually on 4-7 June 2022.

Linking Clinical Practice and Research for Better Mental Health Care in Europe. This was the guiding motto for the next edition of the EPA Congress.

An opportunity to engage with state-of-the-art clinical tools, to expand the frontiers of research, explore innovative ideas for mental health care and prevention with a community of global professionals and stakeholders in the field of psychiatry and mental health care.

EBC was delighted to present:

Find more information about the EPA Congress here!

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EBC attends 25th European Congress of Psychiatry, Florence (04.17)

admin_ebc — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:58:46 +0000

From 1 – 4 April, EBC was pleased to attend the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry held by one of its members, The European Psychiatric Association (EPA), in Florence, Italy. Guided by the motto “Together for Mental Health,” the congress facilitated learning, discussion, and exchange among European and international psychiatrists together with leaders of stakeholder organisations in mental health. A special focus of the EPA Congress was the dialogue between neurosciences and social sciences in the context of a psychiatry congress, overcoming the traditional separation between the domains of biology and human relationships, which has misled for too long the psychiatric and scientific professions and public opinion. The congress hosted an incredible range of speakers and leading experts in their fields, attending from all over Europe. The topics of discussion were also diverse and covered many aspects of psychiatry, ranging from “Gaming, gambling, behavioural addictions: Challenges in diagnosis and treatment” and “Mental health care in refugees and asylum seekers” to ”Social media and e-mental health” and “Promoting mental health in the health and non-health sectors”. EBC was extremely pleased to contribute to the congress through a joint Symposium with EPA on EBC’s Value of Treatment (VoT) for brain disorders research project evaluating the treatment gap of mental and neurological brain disorders.

For more information on VoT, click here.

For more information on EPA Congress, click here.

A full report on the congress will be released soon.

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