On behalf of the WFSBP, I would like to thank you all for the great success of the 10^th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry which was held in Prague in June 2011.

Some new Task Forces have been created (www.wfsbp.org), several guidelines will be updated, and if you are interested in joining them, please do not hesitate to contact the WFSBP. 

• Addiction Disorders (Guidelines)
• Anxiety Disorders and OCD (Guidelines)
• Biological Markers (Guidelines)
• Bipolar Affective Disorders (Guidelines)
• Brain Imaging
• Brain Pathology
• Brain Stimulation (Guidelines)
• Child Psychiatry
• Dementia (Guidelines)
• Eating Disorders
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Genetics

• Heart and Brain
• Imaging Genetics
• Mental Disorders and General Practice
• Nosology and Psychopathology (Guidelines)
• Pain Management
• Personality Disorders (Guidelines)
• Psycho-Geriatrics
• Schizophrenia (Guidelines)
• Sexual Disorders (Guidelines)
• Sleep Disorders
• Suicide: Biological Markers
• Tools for Optimising Pharmacotherapy in Psychiatry
• Unipolar Depressive Disorder (Guidelines)

I also take this opportunity to announce the 1st Istanbul-Eurasian Regional Congress of Biological Psychiatry, organised by the Turkish Society of Biological Psychiatry and endorsed by the WFSBP, which will be held in Istanbul (27-31 May 2012).

We cordially invite you to actively participate in our future congresses. Your involvement will make the success of our scientific events.

With my best personal regards

WFSBP President

Prof Florence Thibaut, M.D., Ph.D.