A Word from the President

On behalf of the WFSBP Executive Committee I wish you and your family all the best for the upcoming holiday and a happy and prosperous New Year 2008.

The year 2007 has been a successful one for the WFSBP with the highlight of the 2nd International Congress of Biological Psychiatry being held from 17 – 21 April, 2007 in Santiago, Chile. I wish to thank the National Societies and our Members for their ongoing interest and dedication to the work of the WFSBP. We are now putting all our efforts into the preparations for the WFSBP World Congress 2009 in Paris. In February 2008 the Call for Symposia proposal will be opened. Please visit the congress website www.wfsbp-congress.org from time to time where new information will be available.

Please be informed that the Consensus Paper of the WFSBP Task Force on Biological Markers: Biological Markers in Depression is now available as free download for all visitors of the WFSBP website www.wfsbp.org (section “Treatment Guidelines”).

Further I would like to draw your attention to the WFSBP endorsed 14th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders, 2 – 7 February 2008, Montreux, Switzerland. Click here for updated information about this event.

Siegfried Kasper, MD
WFSBP President

Feature Forums
This month you will find the report of Ladislav Hosak, MD, PhD, President of the Czech Society of Biological Society in the Feature Forums.

National Societies are invited to send in their reports to be posted in the Feature Forums Zone. Please send your report (1 page, photos may be included) to:

The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Treatment Guidelines and Consensus Papers
The WFSBP Task Forces have the goal to develop Treatment Guidelines and Consensus Papers on specific diseases, which will be systematically published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry and made available on the WFSBP web site.
The following Paper is now available:
Consensus Paper of the WFSBP Task Force on Biological Markers: Biological Markers in Depression

WFSBP Congresses

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

The First Announcement is available on www.wfsbp-congress.org.

Other Events

We are delighed to call special attention to:
14th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders
2 – 7 February 2008, Montreux, Switzerland
www.winterworkshop.org

2nd WFSBP Asia-Pacific Regional Congress
10-13 September 2008, Toyama, Japan
wfsbp-08.umin.jp

3rd Dual INA-WFSBP Congress: Psychiatry and the Neurosciences
16-19 October 2008, Athens, Greece
www.ina-wfsbp-dualcongress.gr