Dear Presidents and Official Representatives of the EPA National Psychiatric Associations,

As you know, the EPA has been very active in trying to reduce the burden of the war on the Ukrainian population. In addition to the measures already taken as part of the “EPA Network of Solidarity for Ukraine”, we are now encouraging National Psychiatric Associations to show their solidarity to this important initiative by donating to the “Fund for Ukraine”, a fund which we have created to help our Ukrainian colleagues and Ukrainians with mental health problems.

The donations will be used to send urgently needed medication to large psychiatric hospitals in Ukraine (we have already sent a first shipment on 17 March but more medicines are needed) and to provide funds to national charitable or humanitarian organisations, such as Caritas Poland, to channel other goods, which are also desperately needed in Ukrainian psychiatric hospitals.

Donations can be made via this direct PayPal link or by bank transfer to:

Account Name: European Psychiatric Association
Bank Name: CIC Strasbourg Nuée Bleue, France
IBAN (EUR account): FR76 3008 7330 0100 0102 1870 183
SWIFT: CMCIFRPP
Please quote “UKR Solidarity” in the remittance reference

We sincerely hope that you will actively join us by contributing to the fund so we can help as many Ukrainian psychiatrists and their patients as possible during this very difficult time.

With kind regards,

Professor Peter Falka, President EPA
Professor Jerzy Samochowiec, Council of NPAs Chair and Executive Committee Member EPA