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ECT: from science to clinical practice
15th Annual Meeting
European Forum for ECT (EFFECT)
Leuven / Kortenberg, Belgium, Fri-Sat, October 03-04, 2025
Join us for the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Forum for ECT (EFFECT) on October 3–4, 2025,
at the University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Campus Kortenberg.
This event returns to the birthplace of EFFECT, established in 2006 at this very location.
Venue
University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg
Leuvensesteenweg 517
3070 Kortenberg (Belgium)
Phone-central: 0032 (0)2 758 0511
Registration
This meeting is for ECT practitioners, prescribers and researchers. All participants need to register via: https://www.upckuleuven.be/nl/agenda/european-forum-ect-15th-annual-meeting-science-clinical-practice
Your registration is complete after payment of the registration fee: €100
Proof of Payment or Invoice
After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail that serves as your proof of payment. Only request an invoice if you have a VAT number and if the invoice is necessary for you. Free for speakers and UPC KU Leuven personnel.
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From Science to Clinical Practice
15th Annual Meeting of EFFECT, Leuven (Belgium) - October 3-4, 2025
The 15th Annual Meeting of the European Forum for ECT (EFFECT) will take
place on Friday, October 3, and Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the
University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Kortenberg campus.
With this conference, we return to the location where EFFECT was founded
in 2006.
The meeting will feature clinical and scientific presentations on ECT,
along with engaging discussions with international experts.
Abstracts or suggestions for presentations can be send to
e.verwijk@uva.nl and pascal.sienaert@upckuleuven.be before April 30.
Hope to meet you soon!
Gabor Gazdag, George Kirov, Declan McLoughlin, Indira Tendolkar, Esmee
Verwijk, and Pascal Sienaert
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Patients
Receive ECT annually
Receive ECT annually
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Annual meetings
EFFECT organized 11 annual meetings
EFFECT organized 11 annual meetings
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Papers published
About ECT in 2016
About ECT in 2016
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Percent succes
More than 70% of severely depressed patients respond to ECT
More than 70% of severely depressed patients respond to ECT
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THE STORY OF EFFECT
EFFECT continuously on the move
ECT is the most efficacious biological treatment for the most severe psychiatric disorders. In several European countries, however, psychiatrists and patients still struggle with the stigmatzing negative image of ECT. To ensure that patients and service users across Europe have access to safe and effective ECT when appropriate, a European Forum for ECT was founded.
In November 2005 Björn Wahlund (SE), Pascal Sienaert (BE) and King Han Kho (NL) decided to organize the EFFECT founding meeting. Several ECT psychiatrists across Europe were invited to join this meeting which took place in Leuven, Belgium, from 3-5 February 2006.
On February 4, 2006, The European Forum for ECT was inaugurated at the University Psychiatric Center – KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg in Belgium. An executive board was elected with Tom G. Bolwig (DK) as President, Björn Wahlund (SE) as Chairman, King Han Kho (NL) as Secretary, and Pascal Sienaert (BE) as Treasurer. Since then, EFFECT brought together clinicians and researchers to improve the practice of ECT, and to reduce its stigma .
THE GOALS OF EFFECT
European Forum for Electroconvulsive Therapy
Effect aims to combat the stigma associated with ECT
EDUCATE
Effect aims to educate mental health and other professionals about ECT and its use
PROMOTE
Effect aims to promote ECT research and to inform the general public about ECT and its use.
HIGH STANDARD
Effect aims to work towards a high standard of ECT practice across Europe and to develop guidelines
BOARD
TOM BOLWIG (DK) president
PASCAL SIENAERT (BE) chair
GABOR GAZDAG (HU) secretary
DECLAN MCLOUGHLIN (IE) treasurer
ESMÉE VERWIJK (NL) member
INDIRA TENDOLKAR (NL) member
GEORGE KIROV (UK) member
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CONTACT US
info@theeffect.eu
leuvensesteenweg 517 3070 Kortenberg
(belgium)