Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues,

on behalf of the European Assertive Outreach Foundation (EAOF) and the Organizing and Program Committees, it is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the

4th European Conference on Integrated Care & Assertive Outreach in Hamburg, Germany 2017!

Mental health services all over the world seek for best-practice models and interventions to support and treat people with mental disorders, specifically for those with more serious mental illnesses. Integrated Care, Assertive Outreach Services, Crises and Home Treatment Services, Early Intervention Services, Community Based Recovery Services, Peer Support are examples of care models and interventions to improve care coordination, early detection, community-based crises intervention and treatment as well as consumer involvement and reintegration. However, the present state of development and implementation of such models and interventions is influenced by many different aspects, among others by varying health care systems and their financial regularities.

Therefore, the main theme of the fourth conference of the EAOF is

LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER...

with the goal to support solutions by organizing communication between clinicians, researchers, service users, relatives and stakeholders from different countries and different health care systems.

Many associations, institutions, clinicians, scientists, representatives of service users and relatives and stakeholders have agreed to join the faculty participating in this conference. The interaction between these people from many different countries will stimulate a creative exchange of ideas and will be personally rewarding.

We look forward to your active participation in the 4th European Conference on Integrated Care & Assertive Outreach and to welcoming you to the beautiful city of Hamburg in September 2017!

Prof. Niels Mulder, President of the EAOF

Dr. Iris Hauth, Current President of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Prof. Dr. Arno Deister, Future President of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Prof. Martin Lambert, Conference chairmen, special member of the EAOF board

Prof. Jürgen Gallinat, Conference chairmen, special member of the EAOF board