NEXT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

IN PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH

ICPPMH

Utrecht, Holland 2014

The International Organisation of Physical Therapists in Mental Health is a Fact!

The elected board of the International Council of Physiotherapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health (ICPPHM ) is pleased to announce the birth of a new “International Organization of Physical Therapists in Mental Health (IOPTMH)”.

Since the first conference of the ICPPMH in Leuven Belgium in 2006, the idea of gaining subgroup status within the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) has been a stated aim. The work and preparation of the official file has been a huge achievement and thanks to the effort made by Liv Helvik Skjaerven and Elin Engeseth from Norway it has met with success.

On Saturday 18th of June 2011, the general meeting of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy recognized physical therapy in mental health as a subgroup of the WCPT.

This is a milestone for the future development of the field of physical therapy in mental health.

The primary aim of the organization is to promote the globalization of physical therapy in psychiatry and mental health.  A secondary aim was to establish a subgroup of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy. In June 2011, the establishment of the subgroup became a fact.

Due to the requirements of the WCPT the name of the organization has been changed to “International Organization of Physical Therapy in Mental Health” and a constitution approved by the founder member countries,

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom.

The inaugural general meeting was held on the 22nd of June in Amsterdam.  Eight of the member countries attended the meeting. Physical therapists from New Zealand, Latvia and Malaysia attended the meeting as observers. The name, the constitution and the board were approved

Members of the IOPTMH Board are:

President: Michel Probst, Belgium

Vice President: Liv Helvik Skjaerven, Norway

Treasurer: Anne Parker, UK

Secretary:Nathalie Mulders, Netherlands

Member: Amanda Lundvik Gyllensten

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