CPW: Community Based Intervention for Mental Health Care of Asylum-seekers and Refugees in Greece
EAAD-Best: Targeting depression and suicidal behavior

Our mission

PROVIDING HOLISTIC PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE TO THE COMMUNITY

  • Accommodation Units
  • Day Centers & Centers for Early Intervention
  • Mobile Units
  • Design & implementation of programs

RAISING AWARENESS AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY

  • Εlimination of mental health stigma
  • Εarly treatment of mental disorders
  • Prevention of suicidality
  • Reduction of involuntary hospitalizations

ADVOCATING AND DEFENDING THE BENEFICIARES' RIGHTS

  • Regular updates and legal support for themselves and their families
  • Mediation with the relevant government and civil society actors

INTRODUCING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THERAPY

  • Constant research and documentation
  • Strong network of national and international collaborations
Contributing to the improvement of the public mental health system through the principles and practices of community psychiatry

Our vision

To be a beacon of mental health promotion in Greece, ensuring holistic community psychiatric care to everyone, everywhere, based on scientifically documented standards and ethical criteria.

Our services

EPAPSY was founded in 1988, proposing an alternative model of psychiatric care in the community based on the principles of Social Psychiatry and Psychosocial Rehabilitation and since then, its people work tirelessly to provide integrated mental health care to the community.

EPAPSY in numbers

19.829

Total number of beneficiaries

25.000

 Total number of calls in our psychosocial support call centers

350

Employees

80

Volunteers

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