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The ballot box was then opened and the ballots were unfolded and verified by Dr. Crow. who acted as the ballot inspector. The names for each position were then called out by Dr. Roemer and tallied on a blackboard by Dr. Josiassen. The following votes were recorded. For President: Angst 38, Fukuda 51. For Vice President: Ballus 34, Ciprian 38. Huber 18. Kemali 26. Mendlewicz 41. Struwe 17. For Secretary-Treasurer: Belmaker 30, Carroll 45. Kragh-Sorensen 39, Okasha 23. Widerlov 23. Zarifian 5 I, Racagni 5 1. The new officers of the Federation accordingly are as follows: President: T. Fukuda; Past President: C. Shagass; Vice-Presidents: J. Mendlewicz, J. Ciprian; Secretary-Treasurers: B. Carroll, G. Racagni, E. Zarifian. Because of the tie vote for Secretary-Treasurer. the decision as to who would be the SecretaryTreasurer and who will be Associate Secretary-Treasurers will have to be made by the new President in consultation with the Secretary-Treasurers.
Research Prize It was proposed that the Federation institute a prize for a young research worker. It was agreed that the next President would appoint a committee to decide on the procedure for setting up such a prize and awarding it appropriately. Dr. Shagass handed over the chair to Professor Fukuda. the incoming President. He then asked where the next congress would be. It was noted that several countries expressed an interest in having the next congress. These include Israel. Hungary. and Italy. Proposals concerning this should be submitted to Professor Fukuda. The General Assembly was adjourned at l9:OO hours. Tetsuo Fukuda
Meeting of Psychiatric Journal Editors A meeting of editors of psychiatric journals was held September IO. 1985, prior to the Symposium of Editors that was part of the program of the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Thirteen editors were present, together with Dr. Norman Sartorius, Director of the Division of Mental Health of WHO, and Dr. George M. Simpson, Secretary-General of the Congress. Dr. Sartorius thanked everyone for coming and Dr. Freeman for preparing and convening the meeting. He said that transfer of information was a major concern of WHO: the needs of developing countries stood in the foreground, but all countries were concerned. There was insufficient contact between the scientific communities using different languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish: this applied a fortiori to Japanese-, Chinese-. and Arabic-speaking people. There were delays in publication, and important findings that could revolutionize mental health programs were often neglected because they were reported in a little-read journal. He hoped that the editors might be able to develop strategies that would help mental health. and, later on, other programs; WHO would be most interested in facilitating the implementation of such strategies. Numerous possibilities existed. If, for instance, journals were to donate a number of free copies of each issue, these could be distributed by WHO (which would be aware of institutions that were particularly deserving of help). WHO could designate a correspondent in each country, who could be used as a contact point for arranging such exchanges of information. WHO might also provide articles about its worldwide activities, which would be suitable for the news sections or accompanying bulletins of psychiatric journals. As part of its “pump-priming function,” WHO might be able to arrange short-term fellowships that editors from developing countries might spend with established journals. It might also arrange regional or national workshops, at which language skills (particularly in English) might be taught to editors and psychiatrists from developing countries. WHO might help journals to obtain reviews or other work from developing countries in the original
and it
language.
for .journal\
rnadc available Other
might al\o be po\siblc fix
in developing through
which uould
WHO;
w~dell,.
Al\o.
It might
hc \ought.
111
snd
in dcvclopiny
should
fix
mhcfher they
v.ould
urrtcr
might
!)I:
countrlch
usct’ul xticlcs
trstnl
bc prepared and distributed articlrj
~c)urnala to help authors
of WHO
fxirticularlq
the mti1(,1
periodically
might
\lm&trly
h\
hc dt\
from d
note containing
Sartorius
arc very limited.
\omc of’ the ideas discussed
and cil-culated
hc rntcrcytal
It wia\ suggcstcd
that the hcllb
with cran\lation. to all fhox
present.
mdlcatt: in what \~a! thcq could help III the
tPr
advl\er\. on :I \clluntary ha>lb
of a prof’c\>ional
digc\t” of particularly
bc posGble
It was agreed that d brief thoughts.
or editor5
interest.
As the rcsourcc$
might
Freeman
the scrvicc
unref’erccd paper%, which could appear in bcctionh dcscrihcd a\ “\‘icwfx)lnI
or “Comrliunications.”
L)r.
to suggest cdltorlal
it was \upgestetf that ~ynop\c‘~ of important
by accepting rclativel) of UNESCO
to psychiatrists
have worldwide
nltcrnativcly.
trlbuted
WHO
WHO
On occ;lsion.
M’crc that :I “readers‘
\uggc\tion\
journals.
countries.
111turthcr
ttrcctlnT\
realiratlon
of editor\.
would bc f>repartxt b:b
who would
(C/I add furthL>!
~dcas.
of that
(c.1 lndicatc
and 11 \(I. what topic’\ they \\0113tl
llhc to xcc‘ discussed
SII~~WII
I‘hc group thanked Dr
tot- the cxccllt~nt arrsngement~
tar the mcctlng
Coming Meetings ‘fhc annual meeting
of the American
I%6
City
in New
Newton The
York
Rd..
Iowa City.
annual meeting
20-23.
(Nancy
.f‘he i7nd
annual
Erpf.
An fntcrnatlonal
oi the
meeting
Alberta
In celebration held m Bascl The
Inst..
tfnt.
Meeting
Sunderland The
Antisocial
Inst..
St.,
North
I3-
St..
I YXh
Treaty
European
Cheshire.
Society
University
of Biological
for research workers applications Interests.
from
SKI
Organization Park.
Psychiatry
NW.
July
500
March
hc held rn San Franc1xx’ CA YjlO3,
Alberta.
Washington,
Box
Alberta,
April
30-Ma!
Canada ‘f’SJ 757). will be held May 25
29~
DC 20000~
Clinic
of Bascl.
jointly
an fntcrnatlonai
by WHO
and WPA.
Basel.
Swltc.erland).
29. CH-4005
Society
T--27.
for Research
1YXh (Michael
Epilepsy
Los
Meeting
Professional
I
6JF.
U.K.
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on Agprcssion
Potcpal,
Ph.D.
to ilr will
bc
N.Y
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have focu~~l
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01
House
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on the Biological
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is intended to provide or rc$c;nch
will
Graduate
IS sponsoring
Membership
psychiatrists
;I$ defined in it\ Constitution.
Ag~np will
Universit)
P.O.
in the broad area of psychiatric
qualilied
be held m Ll;lltrmorc
San Francisco,
has been urpanizcd
Greece. September
Society of Biological Psychiatry: Application Procedures The
h X
IA.
llW32~.
(Secretariat.
in Skiathos.
S. Calif..
NYC
WIII
on Mental Deficiency
Kd.
Symposium. Chicago.
fhXth
~Macclcslield.
Behavior
I!nlv.
16.
Atlantic
I!niv.
II5751
Edmonton.
of the International
University,
722 W.
Scptcmber
take place March
f’sychiatry.
will be held in Edmonton.
307.
of the Psychiatric
A Golden Jubilee and Northern York
516.
Association
on Depression
I986
Biennial
Box
NY
WI
Society
Suite
Kalorama
of the ccntenary
held at Northwestern f’sychiatric
l7lY
Symposium
June S--X.
Scvcnth
St..
Hospital.
CO (AAMD.
C‘ommemorativc
will
I)cpt.
Society
Roosevelt.
American
X33 Market
‘The annual meeting of the American 1986 in Dcnvcr.
Kd..
Conf’crence on Schizophrenia
Palficr.
Association Ph.D..
Psychosomatic
765 Nassau
1986 tASA.
7. 1986 (Anna
M.D..
IA 53212,. of’ the American
1’986 (Joan K.
March 23-76.
Psychopatholopical
C. Andrea\en.
Sot.
I)
and roource,
and rcprcscntatlctli
Its C’ommittcc on Membership from
on the hiolo~ical
related liclcls hax.\ i,t ~\~IJI,I!I-Ic
\cch\
f’he SoclL’t) cll\c\r&l
BIOL PSYCHIATRY 19X5:21:333-337
335
The ballot box was then opened and the ballots were unfolded and verified by Dr. Crow. who acted as the ballot inspector. The names for each position were then called out by Dr. Roemer and tallied on a blackboard by Dr. Josiassen. The following votes were recorded. For President: Angst 38, Fukuda 51. For Vice President: Ballus 34, Ciprian 38. Huber 18. Kemali 26. Mendlewicz 41. Struwe 17. For Secretary-Treasurer: Belmaker 30, Carroll 45. Kragh-Sorensen 39, Okasha 23. Widerlov 23. Zarifian 5 I, Racagni 5 1. The new officers of the Federation accordingly are as follows: President: T. Fukuda; Past President: C. Shagass; Vice-Presidents: J. Mendlewicz, J. Ciprian; Secretary-Treasurers: B. Carroll, G. Racagni, E. Zarifian. Because of the tie vote for Secretary-Treasurer. the decision as to who would be the SecretaryTreasurer and who will be Associate Secretary-Treasurers will have to be made by the new President in consultation with the Secretary-Treasurers.
Research Prize It was proposed that the Federation institute a prize for a young research worker. It was agreed that the next President would appoint a committee to decide on the procedure for setting up such a prize and awarding it appropriately. Dr. Shagass handed over the chair to Professor Fukuda. the incoming President. He then asked where the next congress would be. It was noted that several countries expressed an interest in having the next congress. These include Israel. Hungary. and Italy. Proposals concerning this should be submitted to Professor Fukuda. The General Assembly was adjourned at l9:OO hours. Tetsuo Fukuda
Meeting of Psychiatric Journal Editors A meeting of editors of psychiatric journals was held September IO. 1985, prior to the Symposium of Editors that was part of the program of the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Thirteen editors were present, together with Dr. Norman Sartorius, Director of the Division of Mental Health of WHO, and Dr. George M. Simpson, Secretary-General of the Congress. Dr. Sartorius thanked everyone for coming and Dr. Freeman for preparing and convening the meeting. He said that transfer of information was a major concern of WHO: the needs of developing countries stood in the foreground, but all countries were concerned. There was insufficient contact between the scientific communities using different languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish: this applied a fortiori to Japanese-, Chinese-. and Arabic-speaking people. There were delays in publication, and important findings that could revolutionize mental health programs were often neglected because they were reported in a little-read journal. He hoped that the editors might be able to develop strategies that would help mental health. and, later on, other programs; WHO would be most interested in facilitating the implementation of such strategies. Numerous possibilities existed. If, for instance, journals were to donate a number of free copies of each issue, these could be distributed by WHO (which would be aware of institutions that were particularly deserving of help). WHO could designate a correspondent in each country, who could be used as a contact point for arranging such exchanges of information. WHO might also provide articles about its worldwide activities, which would be suitable for the news sections or accompanying bulletins of psychiatric journals. As part of its “pump-priming function,” WHO might be able to arrange short-term fellowships that editors from developing countries might spend with established journals. It might also arrange regional or national workshops, at which language skills (particularly in English) might be taught to editors and psychiatrists from developing countries. WHO might help journals to obtain reviews or other work from developing countries in the original
and it
language.
for .journal\
rnadc available Other
might al\o be po\siblc fix
in developing through
which uould
WHO;
w~dell,.
Al\o.
It might
hc \ought.
111
snd
in dcvclopiny
should
fix
mhcfher they
v.ould
urrtcr
might
!)I:
countrlch
usct’ul xticlcs
trstnl
bc prepared and distributed articlrj
~c)urnala to help authors
of WHO
fxirticularlq
the mti1(,1
periodically
might
\lm&trly
h\
hc dt\
from d
note containing
Sartorius
arc very limited.
\omc of’ the ideas discussed
and cil-culated
hc rntcrcytal
It wia\ suggcstcd
that the hcllb
with cran\lation. to all fhox
present.
mdlcatt: in what \~a! thcq could help III the
tPr
advl\er\. on :I \clluntary ha>lb
of a prof’c\>ional
digc\t” of particularly
bc posGble
It was agreed that d brief thoughts.
or editor5
interest.
As the rcsourcc$
might
Freeman
the scrvicc
unref’erccd paper%, which could appear in bcctionh dcscrihcd a\ “\‘icwfx)lnI
or “Comrliunications.”
L)r.
to suggest cdltorlal
it was \upgestetf that ~ynop\c‘~ of important
by accepting rclativel) of UNESCO
to psychiatrists
have worldwide
nltcrnativcly.
trlbuted
WHO
WHO
On occ;lsion.
M’crc that :I “readers‘
\uggc\tion\
journals.
countries.
111turthcr
ttrcctlnT\
realiratlon
of editor\.
would bc f>repartxt b:b
who would
(C/I add furthL>!
~dcas.
of that
(c.1 lndicatc
and 11 \(I. what topic’\ they \\0113tl
llhc to xcc‘ discussed
SII~~WII
I‘hc group thanked Dr
tot- the cxccllt~nt arrsngement~
tar the mcctlng
Coming Meetings ‘fhc annual meeting
of the American
I%6
City
in New
Newton The
York
Rd..
Iowa City.
annual meeting
20-23.
(Nancy
.f‘he i7nd
annual
Erpf.
An fntcrnatlonal
oi the
meeting
Alberta
In celebration held m Bascl The
Inst..
tfnt.
Meeting
Sunderland The
Antisocial
Inst..
St.,
North
I3-
St..
I YXh
Treaty
European
Cheshire.
Society
University
of Biological
for research workers applications Interests.
from
SKI
Organization Park.
Psychiatry
NW.
July
500
March
hc held rn San Franc1xx’ CA YjlO3,
Alberta.
Washington,
Box
Alberta,
April
30-Ma!
Canada ‘f’SJ 757). will be held May 25
29~
DC 20000~
Clinic
of Bascl.
jointly
an fntcrnatlonai
by WHO
and WPA.
Basel.
Swltc.erland).
29. CH-4005
Society
T--27.
for Research
1YXh (Michael
Epilepsy
Los
Meeting
Professional
I
6JF.
U.K.
Angelo.
on Agprcssion
Potcpal,
Ph.D.
to ilr will
bc
N.Y
\
have focu~~l
take plxc
at the Universit)
Scrvrces.
Sunderland
01
House
1. an Institute
15-2X.
IYXh
(S.
Requirements a forum,
rcscarch. scientist\
on the Biological
Base\ (It
.A. Mcdnich.
SC. Kc\
II
CA 9008%MCI
is intended to provide or rc$c;nch
will
Graduate
IS sponsoring
Membership
psychiatrists
;I$ defined in it\ Constitution.
Ag~np will
Universit)
P.O.
in the broad area of psychiatric
qualilied
be held m Ll;lltrmorc
San Francisco,
has been urpanizcd
Greece. September
Society of Biological Psychiatry: Application Procedures The
h X
IA.
llW32~.
(Secretariat.
in Skiathos.
S. Calif..
NYC
WIII
on Mental Deficiency
Kd.
Symposium. Chicago.
fhXth
~Macclcslield.
Behavior
I!nlv.
16.
Atlantic
I!niv.
II5751
Edmonton.
of the International
University,
722 W.
Scptcmber
take place March
f’sychiatry.
will be held in Edmonton.
307.
of the Psychiatric
A Golden Jubilee and Northern York
516.
Association
on Depression
I986
Biennial
Box
NY
WI
Society
Suite
Kalorama
of the ccntenary
held at Northwestern f’sychiatric
l7lY
Symposium
June S--X.
Scvcnth
St..
Hospital.
CO (AAMD.
C‘ommemorativc
will
I)cpt.
Society
Roosevelt.
American
X33 Market
‘The annual meeting of the American 1986 in Dcnvcr.
Kd..
Conf’crence on Schizophrenia
Palficr.
Association Ph.D..
Psychosomatic
765 Nassau
1986 tASA.
7. 1986 (Anna
M.D..
IA 53212,. of’ the American
1’986 (Joan K.
March 23-76.
Psychopatholopical
C. Andrea\en.
Sot.
I)
and roource,
and rcprcscntatlctli
Its C’ommittcc on Membership from
on the hiolo~ical
related liclcls hax.\ i,t ~\~IJI,I!I-Ic
\cch\
f’he SoclL’t) cll\c\r&l