Table 4 Aims, discussions and actions developed by ENPM only partly realized in EAPM
From: The European Network on Psychosomatic Medicine (ENPM) – history and future directions
| ENPM aims | EAPM, June 2016 |
|---|---|
| Aims | |
| • Bring together all psychosomatic and behavioural societies in the Psychosomatic field |
• 4 psychosomatic societies • 1 primary care society • 5 consultation/liaison/psychiatric societies 120 individual members |
| • Coordinate European research activities sponsored by the European Union and influence decisions of national and European health care- and research politicians | • none |
| • Coordinate European exchange programs for students, postgraduates and other research fellows | • Partly; 2015 Academy for Psychosomatic Medicine was founded |
| • Discuss actual important psychosomatic questions | • few, many are missing |
| • Give support for developing psychosomatic national societies | • For the Romanian society only |
| Discussions at the homepage: http://www.enpm.eu | http://www.eapm.eu.com |
| • Links and contacts to all national and international Psychosomatic/Behavioural societies in Europe | • Yes, but very few to member societies |
| • Discussion platform for several questions in the psychosomatic field | • Open discussion platform not accepted, very few in the membership only section of the EAPM website |
| • ENPM coordinators and discussion partners at the platform | • 23 delegates, open discussion platform not accepted |
| Actions, that promote the efficacy and the integration: | |
| • Proposals for Marie Curie grant of the EU, to promote the scientific process of co working in Europe and the eastern countries | • Not until now |
| • Common studies with EU-funding | • No proposal until now |
| • Combine common interests between national psychosomatic societies | • No activity to combine common interests in Psychosomatic Medicine |
| Proposed first steps for discussion and actions | |
| • Psychosomatic training and diploma in Europe |
• Partly, EAPM satellite symposium with ISBM and ICPM • Academy for Psychosomatic Medicine • No attempt for organization a psychosomatic diploma • No attempt for e-learning activities within psychosomatic/behavioural societies |
| • Psychosomatic/Behavioural interventions in Coronary heart disease in Europe | • This working group is active |
| • European exchange programs for students, postgraduates and other research fellows | • ERASMUS program is still working |
| • Psychosomatic basic care in Europe | • An new attempt for basic care has focused on: pain and somatoform disorders in primary care |