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Biological Psychiatry

The overarching goal of our section is to promote biological psychiatry to improve patient care by optimising a bio-psycho-social approach for the care and treatment of patients by strengthening the role of Neuroscience in psychiatry through the following:

Education through WPA meetings and other WPA venues
Organising presentations and symposia on biological psychiatry to WPA Congresses
Contributing to presentations on biological psychiatry in other pertinent professional conferences, including regional and thematic meetings
Promoting publications on biological psychiatry in academic and professional journals - Promoting collaborative international research on key aspects of biological psychiatry
Improve the visibility of the section on Biological Psychiatry within the WPA by interacting with other sections and organising intersectional symposia
Collaborating on the promotion of bio-psycho-social psychiatry with pertinent professional and academic organisations with an emphasis on person-and people-centred care

Section Officers

Chair

Thomas Frodl

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hospital and outpatient clinics for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg