Young Psychiatrists’ Network. Between past and future

Abstract

The Young Psychiatrists’ Network (YPN) is a rapidly growing network of Early Career Psychiatrists (till 40 years of age or 5 years since completion of specialty – unless otherwise specified in home country) and Psychiatric trainees.Its aims include, global development of psychiatry through close collaboration of YPs worldwide, expanding knowledge and sharing experiences, and facilitating the evolution of YPs from different parts of the world and improvement of their knowledge, skills and abilities.From 30th September – 4th October the 5th YPN Meeting was held in Porto Heli in Greece. It was the biggest Young Psychiatrists Meeting ever held with more than 150 participants from 42 world countries and it was an absolute success. The state of the art scientific program included plenary lectures by renowned psychiatrists such as Prof. Nik. Bouras and Prof. Martin Prince, symposiums and workshops.In conjunction with the 5th YPN Meeting from 27–30 September, a leadership course directed by Prof. N. Sartorius and Prof. K.H. Wittchen was held in Athens with the participation of 16 participants from 11 world countries.The next meeting will be in Italy on September 2016.Future plans include research collaboration, regional meetings and promoting the best possible work and educational conditions for young psychiatrists from all over the world.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.