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August 2006 - n° 3 |
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| A Word from the President
On behalf of the
whole WFSBP Leadership, I hope you have enjoyed
a wonderful Summer and that this new academic year
is starting off positively after a well deserved
break.
As you may have noticed, the World Federation's
activities have kept moving forward very nicely
all over the Summer months, with the continuation
and advancement of many excellent initiatives,
with, among other things, the preparation of the
Santiago and Paris Congresses, lively debates and
discussions on the WFSBP on-line Feature Forums,
and an increased communication with the Leaders
of our eminent Member Societies.
We warmly invite
you to come visit us at the WFSBP booth at the
ECNP Congress in Paris (September 16-20, 2006)
and the Congress of the Asociación Argentina
de Psiquiatras-AAP from (October 3-6, 2006),
where we will be available to discuss these developments
personally with you and share ideas on the future
of our Federation.
We look forward to possibly meeting you at one
of these congresses!
Sincerely yours,
Siegfried Kasper,
MD
WFSBP President
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| The World Journal
of Biological Psychiatry
Treatment Guidelines
WFSBP Task Forces are a privileged platform for the
Federation to produce scientific statements meant
to help the worldwide community make the best decisions
in treating patients. So far, WFSBP Treatment Guidelines
have focused on 4 main psychiatric conditions:
Bipolar Disorders; Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Unipolar
Depressive Disorder.
All the WFSBP Guidelines
are systematically published in The World Journal
of Biological Psychiatry and
are also available on the WFSBP web site to
all visitors as a free resource to improve patient
care and help overcome psychiatric disorders.
It is the World
Federation's intention to keep developing more
Treatment Guidelines in the future and advance
care all over the globe.
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| WFSBP web site
Feature Forums
We have just launched this month's exciting WFSBP Feature
Forum entitled: “Do we need
CATIE for antidepressants?”, authored by specialist
Robertas Bunevicius M.D. (University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA).
In the battle to cure depressive
disorders (as you will read once you click on
the Feature Forum banner below) the question
as to whether “one
antidepressant for all depressions” or “a
specific antidepressant for a specific depression” remains
unsolved. Would the proposed head-to-head CATIE-like
comparison of antidepressants provide the answer?
“Do we need CATIE for
antidepressants?”
We invite you to respond by sharing your views,
expertise and experience today!
Join the debate now by reviewing this month's
Feature and posting your opinion and thoughts directly
in the Forum zone. Only by stimulating the debate
can we hope to address this unresolved yet crucial
question:
For those of you who are
as of yet unfamiliar with the Feature
Forums debate arena, why risk missing out? Please either
click directly on the banner above (or visit
and bookmark our website www.wfsbp.org) and select
the menu tab "About
Feature Forums", for further information.
Our community looks forward to reading your contribution
as a regular visitor to the WFSBP Feature Forums!
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| WFSBP Congresses
2nd International
Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Santiago, Chile
(April 17-21, 2007) - Call for Symposia
We invite all of
you to register on line at the
Congress web site
as of September 15. Enjoy a valuable discount
off the normal fee with the early registration
rate until December 15!
Please visit http://www.wfsbp2007.org/ as
of September 15 and be the first to have a look
at the Congress Preliminary Program!
9th World Congress
of Biological Psychiatry Paris, France (June
28 - July 2 2009)
Please mark
your calendars and plan to to celebrate the 9th
World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Paris,
France, June 28 - July 2 2009.
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| Other Events
2006 Symposium
on Melatonin Receptors
University of Illinois at Chicago
September 29, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.melatoninreceptor.net/symposium/Index.htm
6th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders
November 29 - December 1, 2006, Vienna, Austria
www.aim-international
group.com/2006/ifmad/
2nd Dual INA-WFSBP Congress on Psychiatry and
the Neurosciences
1st European Congress of INA & 2nd Mediterranean
Congress of WFSBP
December 7 - 10, 2006, Athens, Greece
www.ina-wfsbp-dualcongress.gr/
WPA Thematic Conference on Depression and Relevant
Psychiatric Condition in Primary Care
June 19 - 21, 2007 Granada, Spain
www.wpa2008granada.org/
A complete overview of psychiatry related Congress
is available on the WFSBP web site
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Contacting
WFSBP
WFSBP Global
Headquarters
Avenue de Tervueren, 300
B-1150 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-743 1580
Fax: +32-2-743 1550
Email:
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WFSBP President's Personal
Office
Siegfried Kasper, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of General Psychiatry
Medical University Vienna, MUV
AKH, Währinger Gürtel 18-20
A-1090 Wien
Austria
Berenike Löschner, Personal
WFSBP Assistant:
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