EFFECT continuously on the move
RCPsych Annual ECT and Neuromodulation Conference 2023 in London on November 30 and December 1st. Here’s the meeting link: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/conferences/detail/2023/11/30/default-calendar/annual-ect-and-neuromodulation-conference-2023
ECT: a modernist approach 13th Annual Meeting European Forum for ECT (EFFECT)Barcelona, Spain, Sat., October 7, 2023 Venue Recinte Modernista…
May 22-24 2019, the 14th Nordic Experience Meeting of the Nordic Association of Convulsive Therapy ‘Monitoring Treatment and Long-Term Outcome’…
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 .
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.
Venue
Recinte Modernista Sant Pau
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
C/ de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167
Registration
This meeting is for ECT practitioners, prescribers and researchers. All eligible participants need to register via www.theeffect.eu, with your name, full clinical/academic affiliation details and address, and e-mail.
The registration deadline is 30 September.
Your registration is complete after transfer of €100 to the following account:
EFFECT Z.org KU Leuven vzw
Address: Leuvensesteenweg 517 – 3070 Kortenberg – Belgium
Account number: BE94 7795 9036 9114
IBAN: BIC GKCCBEBB.
TOM BOLWIG (DK) president
PASCAL SIENAERT (BE) chair
GABOR GAZDAG (HU) secretary
DECLAN MCLOUGHLIN (IE) treasurer