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An alliance of the SBK Bern, BGPP, VAPP, vbp, BEKAG, BKJPP, VFP-APSI AfG Psych Pflege, VBHK, BKSE and Berner Gesundheit is campaigning in the canton of Bern for the preservation of psychiatric services for the canton's population.

Media_information_on_psychiatric_provision_in_the_canton_BE.pdf  

Für aussergewöhnliche Leistungen und Engagement im Kontext der psychiatrischen Pflege wurde Regula Lüthi mit dem Psychiatrischen Pflegepreis geehrt. Sie ist die dritte Empfängerin des seit 2015 von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychiatrische Pflege (DFPP), Bundesvereinigung für Ambulante Psychiatrische Pflege (BAPP) und der akademischen Fachgesellschaft (AFG) Psychiatrische Pflege ausgelobten Ehrenpreises. Die Preisverleihung fand im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der DFPP und der BAPP am 23.06.2023 in Münster statt.

You can find the press release  here.

The laudatory speech by Dr. Christan Burr can be found  here.

Presentation of the Psychiatric Nursing Prize from left to right Dorothea Sauter, Doris Hagelskamp, Regula Lüthi, Dr. Christian Burr

Presentation of the Psychiatric Nursing Prize - prizewinner Regula Lüthi

Presentation of the Psychiatric Nursing Prize - standing ovation from the audience

The joint conference of the Swiss Psychiatric Nursing Association (VPPS) and the Academic Association of Psychiatric Nursing (AFG) was held under the motto "Staffing & innovative career and role models in psychiatry".

The symposium on 18.11.2022 was aimed at people in leading positions in the areas of management, education, research and quality development, which focused on the central topics of psychiatric care. The presentations of the key note speakers were made available to us with the kind permission of the authors. 

  • Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) Development and implementation of APN roles in the University Psychiatric Services (UPD) Bern
  • Staffing levels in Swiss psychiatric hospitals
  • Skill and grade mix of the future in psychiatric care – the view of a director of nursing

 Slip__Rother_11/18/2022.pdf

 221118_Research_ConferenceVPPSAFG_Gehri.pdf

 Skill-Grademix_18.11.2022b.pdf

Prof. Dr. Manuel Stadtmann, member of the Academic Society (AFG) for Psychiatric Nursing, joins EU task force (notificationDr. Manuel Stadtmann, member of the AFG psychiatric care, becomes part of an EU task force. As Head of the Competence Center and Professor for Mental Health at OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, he has been appointed by Mental Health Europe as a member of the new European Taskforce for Co-Creation. Co-creation is a collaborative approach in which all stakeholders in the field of mental health work together on an equal footing to promote positive mental health in a person-centered and human rights-based way.  

Prof. Dr. Manuel Stadtman

Peer work and thus the strengthening of the consideration of experiential knowledge  in psychiatry is an elementary component of person-oriented support and treatment of people with mental health problems. In Switzerland, peer work in psychiatry has existed for around 15 years. Nevertheless, there are still obstacles and hurdles to further development. Together with the Swiss Society for Social Psychiatry (SO-PSY) and the two umbrella organizations for peer work in Switzerland (Peer+ and re-pairs), AFG Psychiatric Nursing was actively involved in the development of a position paper on peer work in Switzerland.Publications Filed away.

The academic professional associations for agogics in nursing, acute care, women's health, gerontological nursing, oncology nursing, pediatric nursing, psychiatric nursing and Spitex nursing are fully behind the popular initiative "For strong nursing" and clearly support it.

 Statement_AFGs_on_the_nursing_initiative_E.pdf

 Statement_AFGs_on_the_nursing_initiative_E.pdf

 Statement_AFGs_on_the_nursing_initiative_F.pdf

The election committee, consisting of representatives of BFH and the Lindenhof Foundation Bern, appointed Dr. Anna Hegedüs as the future holder of the tenure track position in mid-March 2021. Dr. Hegedüs, who holds a doctorate in nursing science, has in-depth knowledge, research experience and excellent networks in the field of outpatient psychiatric nursing.

2021_05_04_Media_release_Position_for_psychiatric_nursing_research_newly_filled.pdf  

Dr. Anna Hegedüs

In autumn 2021, the new specialization "Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner" (PMHNP) will start in the Master's degree course in Nursing at Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH with the first psychiatry-specific modules. With the collaboration and participation of various members of the AFG Psychiatric Nursing, who are active in practice, teaching and research, a practice-oriented and well-founded range of courses has been developed. The perspective of those affected is involved from the beginning of the course and, where possible, peers/affected persons/relatives are included in all learning units and modules.  The specialization enables Master's students to specialize in the care and support of adults with mental illness in various care structures. With the new course, BFH is strengthening the "mental health" care sector and at the same time promoting advanced practice roles in nursing. 

Further information is available at here to be found.

Statement by the Academic Professional Association (AFG) for Psychiatric Nursing in response to the inquiry from the Network for Nursing Development in Psychiatry (NPfP)

 Nursing_language_statement_AFG_on_the_request_npfp_def.pdf

AFG Psychiatric Nursing is involved in the SERO project support group and is represented by Caroline Gurtner, Co-President of AFG Psychiatric Nursing.

The SERO project (Suicide prevention: Einheitlich Regional Organisiert) implements four central measures: Suicide risk assessment using the PRISM-S method, safety plan, Ensa course for relatives (suicide prevention) and self-management app. These measures optimize self-management in the event of suicide risk, increase the self-efficacy of people at risk of suicide and their relatives and promote coordinated and networked care by professionals in the region. The trialogical understanding enables joint suicide prevention through shared responsibility. here to be found.

SERO Project Manager: Michael Durrer, MScN

The working group on pandemic management in psychiatric care and disability services consists of researchers from the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (ZPR) and the Center for Clinical Nursing Science (ZKPW) at the University Psychiatric Services (UPD) in Bern. The aim is to provide up-to-date knowledge on dealing with the challenges in psychiatry and disability services in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.​

Head - Dr. phil. habil. Dirk Richter