The Next Generation of Psychiatrists
In 2009, Prof Robert Howard, Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsychUK) said, “Catastrophic is the word I would use for the shortage we are now facing” when he …
To Sweden for the Aurora Borealis!
In Autumn 2017, Matilda Salta undertook an exchange in Umeå, Sweden Being raised and education in a southern European country, Portugal, when I saw the option to undertake an internship …
The European Psychiatric Association
About the EPA The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) was founded in 1983. With active individual members in as many as 88 countries and 42 National Psychiatric Association Members who represent over 80.000 European …
DGKJP Congress Ulm, Germany 2017
From 22-25 March 2017 the XXXV. Congress of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (DGKJP) took place in Ulm. The conference focused on the topic …
MENTA: Promoting Psychiatric Training in Europe and Beyond
For the first half of the EFPT year, MENTA has been working hard to fulfill the goals set in Istanbul, in accordance with our new statement: “EFPT strongly believes that …
Beck Institute: the home of Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy is a leading international source fortraining, therapy, and resources in CBT. Our mission is to improve lives worldwide through excellence in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. …
Testimonial: Beck CBT Online
Being a psychiatry trainee necessitates multitasking. Keeping a balance between work, studies, self-development, personal life, hobbies, responsibilities, struggles, self-doubts, victories and losses. It is always interesting, exciting, sometimes exhausting and …
EFPT Exchange: from Portugal to the Netherlands
EFPT Exchange Program is a short-term (2-6 weeks) observership for Psychiatry Trainees in Europe, established in 2011. It offers the opportunity to get acquainted with another mental health care system …
EFPT Welcomes a new NTA – APFBF
Belgium is a small but very complex country, with two regions that often experience difficulty incommunicating with each other. Realising how poor ourcontacts were with our colleagues from other universities, …
Greetings from an EFPT Alumnus
During and after the most recent EFPT Forum in Istanbul, where I officially stepped down from the EFPT board after 4 years of service, many have asked me what life …