President
Prof. Florence Thibaut
France

Vice-Presidents
Prof. Robertas Bunevicius
Lithuania
Prof. Constantin R. Soldatos
Greece

Secretary-Treasurer
Prof. Norbert Müller
Germany

Associate Secretary-Treasurers
Prof. Yoshio Hirayasu
Japan
Prof. Jorge Tellez-Vargas
Colombia

Past President
Prof. Siegfried Kasper
Austria

About WFSBP

Founded in 1974, the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (Federation) is a non-profit world wide organization composed of over 63 National Societies of Biological Psychiatry.

The Principle Objectives of WFSBP are :

  • To foster and encourage scientific research and advancement in the field of Biological Psychiatry
  • To improve the quality of training spanning all the biological psychiatry sciences
  • To promote education and achieve the highest level of knowledge and understanding within the field
  • To provide information and guidance to all institutions, societies or individuals with an interest in biological psychiatry
  • To establish, build, and maintain solid collaboration with international and national organisations related to biological psychiatry


Educational activities, national, international and world congresses, the monthly newsletter "psych-e", and The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry represent Federation's portfolio and presence world wide.


WFSBP Key Components:


WFSBP History
WFSBP Past Presidents
WFSBP Past Congresses


To view the WFSBP Constitution (PDF), please click here.
To view the WSFBP Term Report 2001-2005, please click here.