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July-August Issue N°7
In this issue
  1. A Word from the President
  2. WFSBP web site
  3. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  4. WFSBP Congresses
  5. Other Events
  6. Contacting WFSBP

A Word from the President

Dear Members, Dear Distinguished colleagues,

The 9th Congress of Biological Psychiatry was held in Paris from 28 June to 2nd July 2009 hosted by the French Society for Biological Psychiatry (AFPB). It was a real success with more than 4.000 participants from 97 countries. The scientific sessions were very well attended. I would like to thank all the colleagues who made this congress possible by bringing their talent and generously giving their time for lectures, symposia, oral communications and posters. I take also this opportunity to thank the audience for their active participation during this scientific meeting.
This congress was also an opportunity to present the WFSBP guidelines which can be downloaded from our website: www.wfsbp.org/treatment-guidelines.html. A great thank to all the members that were involved in these guidelines.

Our next meeting will be held in Prague hosted by the Czech Society for Biological Psychiatry from 29 May to 3 June 2011 and I very much look forward to seeing you in Prague.

The elections of the new executive committee of the WFSBP took place during the Paris meeting.
It is my pleasure, as the new President, to introduce our new Executive Committee:
President: Prof Florence Thibaut, France
Vice Presidents: Prof Constantin Soldatos, Greece ; Prof Robertas Bunevicius, Lituania
Secretary-Treasurer: Prof Norbert Müller, Germany
Associate-Secretary-Treasurers: Prof Yoshio Hirayasu, Japan ; Prof Jorge Tellez-Vargas, Colombia.
Past President Prof Siegfried Kasper, Austria.

I would like to thank all the presidents of the national societies for their deep involvement in the WFSBP and I would like also to thank all members that contributed actively to our committees and task forces during the last years.

I hope that, during the next 4 years, you will further increase your participation in our federation activities and I ask the presidents to send names of members for the new committees of the WFSBP. We will be happy to receive your feedback and suggestions for new committees before the end of August.

We will also ask you soon to send proposals for symposia for our next world Prague meeting.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Prof Florence Thibaut, President

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WFSBP web site

Feature Forums

Authored by expert Karl Bechter, MD (Ulm University, Germany) this month’s WFSBP Feature Forum

“Mild encephalitis not neurodevelopmental disturbance is a major causal factor in severe psychiatric disorders. The mild encephalitis hypothesis - new findings and studies.”

 
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!

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The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Online Subscription – World Journal vol. 10(3)

New guidelines for bipolar disorders
Eduard Vieta

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2009 on the Treatment of Acute Mania
Heinz Grunze


Beyond the monoaminergic hypothesis: Agomelatine, a new antidepressant with an innovative mechanism of action
Siegfried Kasper

Schizophrenia: From the brain to peripheral markers. A consensus paper of the WFSBP task force on biological markers
Gerald Stöber

Altered thermoregulation in ambulatory schizophrenia patients: A naturalistic study
Roni Shiloh

The changes of aggregability of blood platelets in schizophrenia
Anna Dietrich-Muszalska

The issue of the World Journal vol. 10(3) 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.

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WFSBP Congresses

10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic (May 29 – June 3, 2011)

Congress website to be announced soon on www.wfsbp-congress.org.

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Other Events

We are delighed to call special attention to:

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

Do not hesitate to contact our headquarters if you wish to organize a regional or an endorsed meeting in cooperation with the WFSBP.

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Contacting WFSBP:

Prof Florence Thibaut, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatry
University Hospital Ch Nicolle/ INSERM U 614
University of Medicine, Rouen, France
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WFSBP Global Headquarters

WFSBP World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
Zum Ehrenhain 34
22885 Barsbüttel
Germany

Tel: +49-40-670882 90
Fax: +49-40-670882 91
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