By 2017 UNHCR estimated that over 68.5 million persons were forcibly displaced due to wars, armed conflicts, persecution and human rights violations. Mental health problems that forcibly displaced people (refugees and asylum seekers) experience constitute a serious public mental health problem. There is increasing evidence that a large proportion of refugees and asylum seekers residing in Europe suffer from the consequences of traumatic events and exhibit mental disorders including, but not limited to, trauma related disorders, e.g., Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. EPA considers as one of its major tasks to raise awareness on this important problem and outline strategies for how its member societies and the psychiatric profession at large may contribute to managing these challenges. This course aims to increase awareness, basic knowledge and skills of the psychiatrists and other mental health workers. The following issues will be addressed during this course: (i) basic nosology/terminology related to the forcibly displaced people (i.e., refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs, and etc.); (ii) facts and statistics on the current dimensions of problem; (iii) physical and psychological traumas, including sexual abuses, related to the displacement process; (iv) mental health situation and needs of specific risk groups among the forcibly displaced people; (v) current evidence on the mental health consequences and related psychiatric disorders; (vi) culturally sensitive clinical interview and assessment techniques; (vii) evaluation of the current situation of mental health care provision including a review of the opportunities and limits of existing mental health services for the forcibly displaced people.