A Word from the President

I wish to thank the representatives of the WFSBP National Societies that have made themselves available to attend the National Presidents’ Meeting in Vienna during the ECNP congress. The meeting was very fruitful and I look forward to deepen our collaboration for the years to come.

The official website of the WFSBP Paris 2009 congress is now open. Please visit www.wfsbp-congress.org for further information. We have started to distribute the First Announcements for the WFSBP Paris 2009 Congress in Vienna during the ECNP. A download is also available on the congress website.

Today I would like to draw special attention to the WFSBP endorsed congress in Toyama 2008 (2nd WFSBP Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, 10-13 September 2008, Toyama, Japan). The congress organisers have compiled an excellent and promising First Announcement which is availalbe as download through the official WFSBP website. Please click www.wfsbp.org/fileadmin/download/Toyama1stAnnouncement.pdf for a download.

The WFSBP endorsed congress in Toyama is coming along very positively. Do not miss the opportunity to present your work and to share the recent development in our field with international renown experts.

Sincerely yours,

Siegfried Kasper, MD
WFSBP President

Feature Forums
Authored by expert Florence Thibaut, MD, PhD (Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France) 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!

WFSBP Task Forces on Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

We are proud to announce a new Task Force: the WFSBP Task Force on Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). Click www.wfsbp.org/electroconvulsive-therapy.html for more details on the members of this Task Force.

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

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

Other Events

We are delighed to call special attention to:

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


14th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders
2 – 7 February 2008, Montreux, Switzerland
www.winterworkshop.org


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