A Word from the President

With the new issue of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, there are two now publications of the WFSBP Task Forces.
 
First, I am delighted to inform you that the WFSBP Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2009 on the Treatment of Acute Mania are now available
 
With this comprehensive manual which includes numerous recommendations the WFSBP aims to provide up-to-date treatment options and thus to further improve treatment for patients world-wide and to spread knowledge also in countries with limited continuing education possibilities. The presented Guidelines are an updpate of the publications in the year 2003 and 2004. I wish to thank Heinz Grunze, Secretary of the WFSBP Task Force on Bipolar Disorders, and the entire taskforce for their superb work. I especially thank Hans-Jürgen Möller, chief editor of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry for his dedication to develop WFSBP Treatment Guidelines. Thus we are planning to present you further WFSBP Treatment Guidelines in the course of this year.
 
Second, I shall report that the WFSBP Task Force on Biological Markers is very active and has now published a third Consensus Paper, this time the topic is Schizophrenia: From the brain to peripheral markers. A consensus paper of the WFSBP task force on biological markers.
 
I would like to thank Peter Riederer who is very committed to the evolvement of the Task Force.
 
As with all WFSBP Treatment Guidelines and Consensus Papers, they are made available as free download on the official website www.wfsbp.org!
 
The WFSBP Treatment Guidelines and Consensus Papers will be presented in the upcoming WFSBP 2009 Congress in Paris.

Sincerely yours,

Siegfried Kasper, MD
WFSBP President

Feature Forums

Authored by expert Nash Boutros, MD (Wayne State University, School of Medicine, USA) this month’s WFSBP Feature Forum

 
is now live and open to receive your comment and contribution.

You are invited to take part in this conversation today and to communicate your views, expertise and experience with our community by posting your opinion and thoughts directly in the Forums zone.

Our community looks forward to reading your contribution as a regular visitor to the WFSBP Feature Forums at www.wfsbp.org!

The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Online Subscription – World Journal vol. 10(2)
The new issue of the World Journal vol. 10(2) is available as download for WFSBP members in the Members Only section at www.wfsbp.org. With your personal login data you have access to the Members Only section.

WFSBP Congresses

9th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Paris, France (June 28 – July 2, 2009)

Online registration at www.wfsbp-congress.org.

Other Events

We are delighed to call special attention to:

Annual Conference of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
2-5 June 2009, Liverpool, UK
www.rcpsych.ac.uk

21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms
24-27 June 2009, Berlin, Germany
www.sltbr.org
Abstract deadline for brief oral and poster and early bird registration deadline: 15 April 2009!

6th Biennial World Congress on Men’s Health and Gender (WCMH 2009)
9-11 October 2009, Vienna, Austria
www.wcmh.info

3rd International Forum "Innovation in Psychiatry" (INNOPSY 2009)
18-20 November 2009
Milan, Italy
www.mgacongressi.it

4th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
17-20 March 2010
Sao Paulo, Brazil
www.isbd2010.org