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Media release - Cantonal psychiatric services must be safeguarded
January 2024
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
Regula Lüthi honored with the Psychiatric Nursing Prize
June 2023
Regula Lüthi was honored with the Psychiatric Nursing Award for her exceptional achievements and commitment in the context of psychiatric nursing. She is the third recipient of the honorary prize, which has been awarded since 2015 by the DFPP (German Society for Psychiatric Nursing), BAPP (Federal Association for Outpatient Psychiatric Nursing) and the AFG (academic specialist society) Psychiatric Nursing (of the Swiss Association for Nursing Science, VfP). The award ceremony took place during the annual conference of the DFPP and the BAPP on 23.06.2023 in Münster.
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
Evaluation Symposium VPPS/AFG - Presentations Key-Note Speakers
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.
a) "Advanced Nursing Practice" (ANP) Development and implementation of APN roles in the UPD
b) Staffing levels in Swiss psychiatric wards
c) Skill and grade mix of the future in psychiatric care - the view of a nursing director
OST professor becomes part of an EU task force
Dr. 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.
New position paper: Peer work CH
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.
Link to the original article: https://sanp.ch/article/doi/sanp.w10082
The German and French translations are available at Publications filed
Popular initiative "For strong care"
Statement by academic societies of the Swiss Association for Nursing Science on the popular initiative "For strong nursing care"
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
"Tenure Track Position" at the Lindenhof Foundation Bern
Nationally outstanding positioning of psychiatric nursing research in the outpatient setting
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
Nursing terminology
Statement of the AFG on the request of the Network Nursing Development for Psychiatry (NPfP)
Suicide prevention
SERO - Suicide Prevention: Unified Regional Organization
Main project manager SERO, Michael Durrer, MScN - Lucerne
Caroline Gurtner, MSc - Zurich
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.
More information at: SERO - Suicide Prevention: Uniformly Organized Regionally - Health Promotion Switzerland (gesundheitsfoerderung.ch)
Pandemic management
Pandemic response in mental health care and disability care (Pandemic response in mental health care and disability care)
Head - Dr. phil. habil. Dirk Richter
The Pandemic Management in Psychiatric Care and Disability Services working group consists of researchers from the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and the Center for Clinical Nursing Science. The aim is to provide up-to-date knowledge on how to deal with the challenges in psychiatry and disability care in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Further information can be found here:
https://www.upd.ch/de/forschung/psychiatrische-rehabilitation/pandemiebewaeltigung-psychiatrie.php