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| A Word from the President
With this 2nd Psych-e
issue, it is a great pleasure for me to share with
you some excellent developments related to WFSBP
programmes.
Indeed, as the
preparation of the Santiago and Paris Congresses
is coming along very positively, we have just launched
the 3rd round of Feature Forums and also have received
excellent news on the World Journal's Impact
Factor which has been evaluated for the first time,
as you will read from the announcements below.
In addition, we are proud to announce that the
WFSBP Leadership has engaged into a programme meant
to increase collaboration with our distinguished
Member Societies with the purpose to enhance our
relationships with every single member in all countries.
It is our mission and goal to provide a platform
where biological psychiatry knowledge and understanding
can be shared and bring light to central questions
on Psychiatry.
We hope that you
will be as excited as we are about all these developments,
and are looking forward to continually advancing
biological psychiatry hand in hand with you in
the present and future.
Siegfried Kasper,
MD
WFSBP President
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| WFSBP web site
Feature Forums
We are pleased to announce that this month's WFSBP
Feature Forum: Is there
a cure for cocaine addicts?,
compiled by Dietmar Winkler, M.D., Dept. of General
Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna (Austria),
is now live and open.
As you will
read once you click on the Feature Forum banner
at: www.wfsbp.org,
a recent study suggests effective treatment,
but is it truly realisitc to think that we can
find a cure soon?
Would you like
to take the opportunity to communicate your concerns
surrounding this timely topic?
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 some of the many unresolved
questions. Is there a cure
for cocaine addicts? is now live and ready to receive your personal
input!
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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| The World Journal
of Biological Psychiatry
Impact Factor
We are extremely proud to announce that due
to the impressively high scientific level of published
articles, The World Journal of
Biological Psychiatry achieved an impact factor of 2.800. To give you an
impression of the standing of this impact factor, it
is on a similar level to that of Schizophrenia Bulletin
(2.871), Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (2.968) and
very close to European Neuropsychopharmacology (3.510).
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry is ranked
31 of 94 journals in the field of psychiatry (Source:
2005 JCR Science Edition).
This is a wonderful
success. We wish to thank the Chief Editor Prof.
Hans-Jürgen
Möller, the whole Editorial Board, as well
as the publisher Taylor and Francis for their hard
work and invaluable commitment, and also wish to
acknowledge all the authors who contributed to
making The World Journal such a recognized and
prominent international publication.
We hope these
very impressive results will encourage eminent
colleagues from all over the globe to keep publishing
their work in The
World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. For
more information on how to submit articles please
visit the Publication page of the
WFSBP
web site.
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| WFSBP Congresses
2nd International Congress of
Biological Psychiatry, Santiago, Chile (17 - 21
April 2007) - Call for Symposia
As the Call for Symposia will close in a few days
only, we invite all of you to bring your precious
contributions to the Congress by submitting a Symposia
proposal before the 1st July 2006. All related
instructions are available at the Congress
web site for your review.
We are looking forward to your contribution to
this high-level scientific event!
9th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry Paris,
France (28 June - 2 July 2009)
Please mark your calendars
and plan to celebrate the 9th World Congress
of Biological Psychiatry in Paris, France from
June 28 to July 2 2009.
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| Other Events
VI Latin-American
Congress of Biological Psychiatry
III Uruguayan Congress of Biological Psychiatry & X
International Meeting of Biological Psychiatry
2 - 4 November 2006, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
http://www.flapb.org/
The Hong Kong Society
of Biological Psychiatry Conference 2006
Hong Kong, 3 November - 5 November 2006
Website (to be launched shortly): www.hksbp.org
6th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders
29 November - 1 December 2006, Vienna, Austria
http://www.aim-internationalgroup.com/2006/ifmad/
2nd Dual INA-WFSBP Congress on Psychiatry and
the Neurosciences
1st European Congress of INA & 2nd Mediterranean
Congress of WFSBP
7 - 10 December 2006, Athens, Greece
http://www.ina-wfsbp-dualcongress.gr/
A complete overview of psychiatry
related events 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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