Throughout the Congress, EBC welcomed Congress attendees to the exhibition booth, handing out the latest Value of Treatment Discussion Paper, the Call to Action and Consensus Paper, and the latest Joint Statement on Depression released on this year’s WHO World Health Day. Furthermore, details on EBC’s mental health at the workplace initiative, Not Myself Today, were available and countless people across the Congress were later spotted wearing the initiative’s iconic “Mood Buttons” proclaiming how they were feeling that day.

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, where EBC President Prof. David Nutt and Vice-President Prof. Patrice Boyer presented EBC and the VoT project as a whole. Value of Treatment project experts Prof. Michela Tinelli of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Dr. Nick Guldemond of Erasmus University Rotterdam presented their work throughout the project, examining the Economic Analysis and costs of non-treatment and the Patient Journey, respectively. Lastly, Prof. Wolfgang Gaebel, Immediate Past President of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) and Schizophrenia Working Group member, presented the preliminary results of the work completed in his particular working group.

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The meeting provided an excellent platform to discuss prevention and treatment of mental health disorders and exchange on best practice interventions. It also raised the importance of promoting  equal opportunities for people with mental health problems, in particular in the workplace. For EBC it was an opportunity to showcase the Value of Treatment for mental and neurological [Brain] Disorders research project and highlight preliminary findings and forthcoming evidence-based recommendations with regards to early intervention. « Not Myself today », a flagship initiative of EBC was also highlighted.

Key speakers of the meeting were:

	Julie Ward, Member of the European Parliament
	George Szmukler, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King’s College London
	Aagje Ieven, Secretary General, EUFAMI
	Dr Inge Neyens, Senior Researcher, LUCAS KU Leuven
	Maria Nyman, Director, Mental Health Europe
	Chris Nas, Senior Policy Advisor, Department Trimbos International, Trimbos Institute
	Martin Jefflén, President, EUROCADRES
	Rene Keet, Director, Community Mental Health Service Noord-Holland-Noord
	Joanna Hofman, Research Leader, RAND Europe
	Jo Loughran, Director of Operations, Time to Change

For more information on the event, including the full program, click here.

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