🌍 We fight inequality by empowering vulnerable communities. Our focus areas include education, healthcare, women's protection, access to learning opportunities
30 Ukrainian participants joined Trust Art Therapy at EPIONI's festival, using eco-art therapy, photo & creative writing to process war trauma. Art as an antidote to trauma with partners from all across Europe.
4 days, 3 venues, countless moments of healing at EPIONI's 4th Arts & Mental Health Festival in Aegina.
Eco-art therapy, dance, sculpture, Psychonauts film, sunset concert & World Schizophrenia Day workshop. Art heals, community supports, let's continue building bridges to mental well-being.🌿
#EPIONI #ArtsAndMentalHealth #MentalHealth #ErasmusPlus #MentalCare #Aegina #ΕλληνικόΔίκτυοΦροντιστώνΕΠΙΟΝΗ #ArtTherapy #Psychology #CommunitySupport #Αίγινα
🎭😄 COMIC RELIEF | WP3 – Piloting Sessions
Over the past three months, we ran 3 co-construction workshops with young people — creative, joyful, and deeply meaningful. 💛
📅 March 30 | April 27 | May 25, 2026
🎯 Why these workshops?
As part of the European project #ComicRelief, co-funded by the European Union, we are exploring how humour and creativity can help young people (aged 16–30) deal with stress, anxiety and social isolation. No theory without practice — we experiment first, with them, for them.
These piloting sessions are at the heart of the project: co-designing a method that truly works, before turning it into a handbook for youth professionals.
What we explored:
✨ Improvisation theatre
🤡 Clown therapy
✂️ Collage & hands-on activities
🖌️ Painting & artistic expression
Laughing together is also a way to reconnect — with yourself and with others. These workshops showed us that humour is a genuine tool for resilience. 💪
What's next? We'll share our results with European partners in Slovakia this summer, to finalize the handbook and video tutorials together.
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union.
#ComicRelief #YouthMentalHealth #YouthWork #Humour #Resilience #ErasmusPlus #ImprovTheatre #ClownTherapy #Art #Europe #EuropeanUnion
Dr. Leidinger, Rave-Schwank & Kayser at EUFAMI/BApK Forum: families are mental health's "hidden workforce," facing stigma & isolation.
Empowering carers is essential for recovery. Cross-border solutions can break barriers. Unity breaks stigma.
#FamilySupport
May marks #MentalHealthAwareness Month. At @EUFAMI, we recognise and honour the vital contribution of families and caregivers in supporting loved ones experiencing mental ill health every day. Their support, advocacy, and care deserve continuous recognition and inclusion.
🇪🇺 Europe is not a place. It’s a possibility.
To learn across borders. To speak up freely. To build a future together. Democracy starts with education. With critical thinking. With active citizens.
Through #ErasmusPlus, millions already live this every day.
Happy Europe Day!⭐
Today we celebrate the people who power our economies and societies — and the progress made on workers' rights across the EU:
🔹 Safe & healthy workplaces
🔹 Equal treatment
🔹 Adequate minimum wage
🔹 Work–life balance
As work changes, these rights only get stronger.
🌟 The EPA is pleased to offer its On-Demand Courses: a curated selection of high-quality courses drawn from recent EPA Congresses.
⏰ Deadline: 10 May 2026
🔗 More info and application process here: https://t.co/fDfT1bglCj
📚 EPA On-Demand Courses enable National Psychiatric Associations and selected EPA partner organisations to host recognised EPA courses in their own country, with content delivered by leading European experts and aligned with current clinical practice.
🌟 Register for our webinar “Stress Management within Higher Emotional Labor Demands – Resilience and Peer Support,” taking place on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, from 16:30 to 18:00 CEST!
✍️ Sign up today: https://t.co/8IAZ0qSJiJ
📑 The key learning objectives of this webinar are:
· Identify key neuroscientific stress pathways (LC-NE, HPA) and their roles in appraisal, regulation, and maladaptation.
· Interpret common stress biomarkers (cortisol, inflammatory markers) and explain how resilience moderates their associations.
· Apply a multilevel, time-dynamic framework to differentiate resilience trajectories, including post-traumatic growth/emergent functioning.
💛Every festive season reminds us: this time isn’t the same for everyone. Alongside celebrations can come pressure, loneliness, financial stress, or difficult family dynamics.
🌿Protect your energy.
🌿Set boundaries.
🌿You’re not alone.
💙 11η Ημερίδα | Φροντίζοντας τους Φροντιστές
Η ΕΠΙΟΝΗ διοργανώνει στην Καλαμάτα την ημερίδα με επίκεντρο τον οικογενειακό φροντιστή — αυτόν που κάθε μέρα δίνει τον εαυτό του για έναν άνθρωπο με πρόβλημα υγείας.
Αν φροντίζεις κάποιον αγαπημένο, αυτή η εκδήλωση είναι για σένα.
Έλα να ενημερωθείς, να μοιραστείς εμπειρίες και να θυμηθείς ότι κι εσύ έχεις ανάγκη φροντίδας.
📅 Πέμπτη, 23 Απριλίου 2026
🕔 17:00 – 19:00
📍 Δημοτικό Πνευματικό Κέντρο Καλαμάτας
Αριστομένους 33, Καλαμάτα
✅ Είσοδος Ελεύθερη
📞 Δήλωσε συμμετοχή: 6946003522
🏛️ Υπό την αιγίδα:
Ελληνικής Ψυχιατρικής Εταιρείας & Ελληνικού Συμβουλίου για τον Εγκέφαλο
Γιατί ο φροντιστής δεν είναι αόρατος. 🤍
Join EPA 2026 from anywhere! Virtual registration is now open! With virtual registration, you will have direct access to key sessions and discussions shaping the future of mental health care. Tune in from your clinic, office, or home!
Register now: Link in bio.
💜 Συμβουλή της ημέρας #5
Μίλα σε κάποιον που εμπιστεύεσαι.
Υπάρχουν στιγμές που όλα μοιάζουν βαριά και δύσκολα να ειπωθούν. Δεν χρειάζεται, όμως, να τα περνάς μόνος/η.
Μια αληθινή συζήτηση με έναν άνθρωπο που σε ακούει χωρίς να κρίνει μπορεί να φέρει ανακούφιση, κατανόηση και μια μικρή αλλά σημαντική αλλαγή στην καθημερινότητά σου.
Το να μοιράζεσαι δεν είναι αδυναμία. Είναι φροντίδα — προς τον εαυτό σου.
Δεν είσαι μόνος/η. Και δεν χρειάζεται να είσαι.
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💜 Tip of the day #5
Talk to someone you trust.
There are moments when everything feels heavy and hard to put into words. But you don’t have to face it all alone.
An honest conversation with someone who listens without judgment can bring relief, understanding, and a small but meaningful shift in how things feel.
Sharing is not a sign of weakness. It’s an act of care — for yourself.
You are not alone. And you don’t have to.
#EPIONI #InformalCarers #MentalHealth #SelfCare #SmallSteps #GreekCarersNetworkEPIONI #Φροντιστές #ΨυχικήΥγεία #Αυτοφροντίδα
#Φύση #ΚαθαρόςΑέρας #ΜικράΒήματα #Wellbeing
🔥 February check-in: how are your language goals shaping up?
Whatever your pace, OLS is here to keep you moving — with lessons, cultural insights, and tools that fit your routine.
📩 Join our newsletter for updates, tips & inspiration: https://t.co/01kVSR00oB
Greece welcomed our international partners!
In Athens, a team of four colleagues from the Centre Neuro Psychiatrique St-Martin (F17) completed their Erasmus (EFP) observation internship within the structures of @PEPSAEE – Panhellenic Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Work Integration 🤝.
PEPSAEE is a leading organization in the social and professional inclusion of people living with mental health challenges 🌱🧠.
The visiting team included @Hugo Javaux, @Pierre-Jean Martin, @Christine Denis, and @Jonathan Garigliany 👥.
During their stay, they participated in workshops, discussions, and hands-on observations that enriched their understanding of community-based mental health services.
This mobility was hosted and supported on the ground by EPIONI | ΕΠΙΟΝΗ 🙌💙, highlighting our commitment to international collaboration and knowledge exchange in mental health care.
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Η Ελλάδα καλωσόρισε τους διεθνείς εταίρους μας!
Στην Αθήνα, μια ομάδα τεσσάρων συναδέλφων από το Centre Neuro Psychiatrique St-Martin (Ροή 17) ολοκλήρωσε την πρακτική παρατήρησης Erasmus (EFP) στις δομές του @PEPSAEE – Πανελλήνιος Σύλλογος για την Ψυχοκοινωνική Αποκατάσταση και Ενσωμάτωση στην Εργασία 🤝.
Το PEPSAEE είναι ένας οργανισμός πρωτοπόρος στην κοινωνική και επαγγελματική ένταξη ατόμων με ψυχικές διαταραχές 🌱🧠.
Η ομάδα των επισκεπτών περιλάμβανε τους Hugo Javaux, Pierre-Jean Martin, Christine Denis και Jonathan Garigliany 👥. Κατά τη διάρκεια της παραμονής τους συμμετείχαν σε εργαστήρια, συζητήσεις και πρακτικές παρατηρήσεις που εμπλούτισαν την κατανόησή τους για τις κοινοτικές υπηρεσίες ψυχικής υγείας.
Η κινητικότητα αυτή φιλοξενήθηκε και υποστηρίχθηκε επιτόπου από την EPIONI | ΕΠΙΟΝΗ🙌💙, αναδεικνύοντας τη δέσμευσή μας στη διεθνή συνεργασία και την ανταλλαγή γνώσης στον τομέα της ψυχικής υγείας.
#EPIONI #Erasmus #ΨυχικήΥγεία #Ένταξη #Συνεργασία #Αθήνα #MentalHealth #Inclusion #Collaboration #Athens
💡 Older people’s rights are upheld in everyday care, not laws alone.
The Age with Rights campaign calls for stronger global protection, but making rights real depends on skills in care settings.
That’s where Eldicare 2.0 strengthens transversal skills for rights-based care.
Today, #SaferInternetDay, the @EU_Commission adopted an Action Plan against Cyberbullying. ❤️🩹
It is set to empower children, parents, and educators with the right tools to prevent, report and combat #cyberbullying.
A safer internet depends on all of us. https://t.co/q624oj3On6
🌟 Good news for all EPA members!
🌐 The EPA is pleased to support the ADHD Powerbank, an initiative by psychiatrists Prof. J.J. Sandra Kooij and Dr. Dora Wynchank. The ADHD Powerbank is an online platform offering 40 concise, scientifically informed videos in English and French, designed to enhance understanding and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan.
🏷️All EPA paid-up members are eligible for a one-time 50% discount on an annual subscription to the ADHD Powerbank. To access this offer, EPA members can use their membership number (available on your extranet) when subscribing.
🔗 Subscribe here: https://t.co/LBnFDgQZL2
👉 Not a member yet? Become a member here: https://t.co/BLHSkoB6I2
🇺🇦 Five years into the war, Ukraine’s health needs remain urgent
WHO/Europe has launched a US$42 million Emergency Appeal for Ukraine for 2026 to help protect access to health care for 700,000 people
https://t.co/41XlhPRu2U
On #WorldCancerDay, we stand with cancer warriors, survivors, and their families.
The EU is working to improve access to:
🚫 Prevention
🔍 Diagnosis
💊 Treatment
🏥 Care
More info 👉https://t.co/43hdeS120q