assists the next generation in psychiatry
is committed to improving the working and training conditions of physicians in continuing education to the title of psychiatry and psychotherapy
promotes national and international exchanges between physicians in continuing education as a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy
promotes research in the field of psychiatry in areas relevant to physicians in continuing education as specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy
networks with other organizations in mental health care
is committed to improving the treatment of psychiatric patients
plays an important role in forming opinions on the improvement of the working conditions of doctors in postgraduate training in psychiatry and psychotherapy and represents this opinion within the Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGPP) and other institutions
The SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP-SAPT
The SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP-SAPT
The SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP is the Swiss Association of Psychiatric Trainees (SAPT) and was founded in September 2009. Aims of the association are to improve psychiatric training in Switzerland, to create personal and professional networks and to represent trainee positions in relevant other organizations (such as the Swiss association of psychiatry and psychotherapy SGPP/SSPP).Members of the ALPPF and the VAPZ are automatically members of the SVPA-ASMPA-ASAP.
If you would like to become a member, please complete the application form below. Membership is open to Swiss trainee doctors in psychiatry and psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy, as well as specialists in these fields up to two years after obtaining the specialist title.
We work together for the psychiatrists of tomorrow
SVPA-ASMAP-ASAP is part of a network of associations in the field of psychiatry and psychotherapy of both adults and children and adolescents. Particularly on the Swiss level we collaborate closely with other associations of trainees such as ALPPF, VAPZ, ARGE and the associations of specialists such as SGPP and SGKJPP. On a European level we are active in cooperation with the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees EFPT and support our members’ interest in international working groups, such as those of the EPA. In the picture you can see how our network looks like.