Tasks and Targets of BApK

As a self-help organisation, the Federal Association of Families of People with Mental Illness (BApK) represents families with people with mental illness on a national level. The BApK sees its duties in

• influencing politics and legislation
• supporting and networking the activities of the state associations
• critically supporting developments in hospitals and psychiatry in the community
• informing and advising the social environment of people with mental illness; one way in which the BApK achieves this is by providing its "SeeleFon" telephone hotline
• organising conferences and seminars
• publishing informational material which provide families with people affected with practical help and objective information
• participating as the co-publisher of "Psychosoziale Umschau" and co-operator of the "Psychiatry Network"( www.psychiatrie.de )

You can find detailed information on this homepage

• on our self-image, our objectives and the structure of the association
• on our offers such as advice and informational material

on our priorities and projects as well as our public relations work