E.Psy.Me. (Psycho-Social Research Organization) is a Non-Governmental Organization, founded in 1998, by mental health profess ... ionals, and different scientific sectors and customized training fields. Now, more than 100 people are employed in all of its projects. A great array of mental health professionals, social workers, occupational and speech therapists, special education professionals, child psychiatrists, psychologists, are under the umbrella of E.Psy.Me. The ongoing projects and services are addressed to citizens affected by autism spectrum disorders, mental and psychiatric disabilities, in urban environment of Piraeus and surrounding suburbs, (region of Attica). E.PSY.ME is committed to tackle social exclusion by enhancing service users' social and mental wellbeing. E.PSY.ME. services are based on the principles of social psychiatry, which consider mental disabilities as a phenomenon of multiple and complicated factors. It is our strong belief that negative current and future consequences can be limited by using constant, appropriate and effective scientific methods of prevention and intervention. The fundamental principles of all our services and action plans derive from this approach. E.PSY.ME. aspires to develop - implement projects, programs and run Day care Centres carefully designed to address with scientific methodological adequacy and effectiveness the specific, multifaceted needs of the targeted population. read more