As the submission deadline is approaching on November 15, I wish to remind you to submit your poster or free communication abstract for the 2nd International Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Santiago de Chile 2007.

Indeed the ongoing preparations of the Chile Congress are very positive and the Congress is rapidly taking shape. We invite you to visit the Congress website www.wfsbp2007.org and have a look at the Congress Preliminary Program!

We have just launched the 6^th WFSBP Feature Forum and encourage you to participate in our online debating tool by clicking on the banner below and posting your opinion.

We further would like to take the opportunity to announce that the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry has changed its office for the association and congress management. Please find the new contact details below:

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

Telephone: +49-40-670 882 90
Telefax: +49-40-670 882 91
Email:

I hope to meet you at the 2^nd International Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Chile and share with you this enjoyable meeting!

Sincerely yours,

Siegfried Kasper, MD
WFSBP President

Feature Forums
Authored by expert Ramesh K. Gupta, M.D. (Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia) this month’s WFSBP Feature Forum

“Is Major Depression a Medical Matter?”

is now live and open to receive your comment and contribution.

As you will read once you click on the Feature Forums banner below, this month’s Feature addresses the diagnostic importance of physical signs of major depression. The conversation that you are invited to join today by posting your opinion and thoughts directly in the Forums zone, surrounds one of the bases of biological psychiatry: the old, but recently newly stimulated discussion whether subjective experienced symptoms such as sadness of mood and tiredness are sufficient for a diagnosis of major depression or there must be some objective evidence for a serious medical illness.

Whether you agree or disagree, we invite you to share your views, expertise and experience with our community.

For those of you who are as of yet unfamiliar with the Feature Forums debate arena, why risk missing out? Please 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!

2nd International Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Chile (April 17-21, 2007) - Call for Poster/Free Communication Abstracts

Submit your Poster/Free Communication Abstracts online now – the submission deadline is November 15!

Visit the congress website now and enjoy a valuable discount off the normal fee with the early registration rate until December 15!

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

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this major international event in 2009!

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August 23 -26, 2007 – Budapest, Hungary
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World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)
September 6-9, 2007 – Berlin, Germany
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A complete overview of psychiatry related Congress is available on the WFSBP web site

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