SYMPOSIA

Dear Colleagues,
INTRODUCTION and WELCOME
We are very proud to invite you and to have the honour to host you at the “4 th International Congress on
Psychopharmacology” which will be held in Antalya on November 23-27, 2011 as the Turkish Association for Psychopharmacology
(TAP) Conference.
The theme of the congress is: “Innovations and continuity in psychiatry & psychopharmacology: better care for better
health.”
We haven chosen to combine two key concepts as the main theme of this conference: ‘Innovations” and “Continuity”. This
is simply to reflect the fact that the field of psychopharmacology has been progressing rapidly with very novel psychotropic
medications being launched faster then ever.
Furthermore, many patients with mental illness present with a wide-range of psychiatric and medical co-morbidities which
require the treating clinician to have an up-to-date knowledge of psychotropic medications to be able to provide effective and
optimal treatments. Therefore, “continuity” refers to the fact that there is a gap between evidence-based practice guidelines
and actual care in clinical practice for patients with mental illnesses, a lack of “continuity” of knowledge to be shared with the
clinician. One of the objectives of this conference is to fill this gap by our rich scientific programme!
This year’s conference will help participants and clinicians to be able to discuss and to gain insight into translating the latest
evidence-based research into actual clinical practice, to assess where new psychotropic medications fit into patient-centred
treatment strategies and to get direct guidance on the toughest clinical challenges to help patients presenting with complex
psychiatric needs.
This conference will be a wonderful opportunity, not only to present the results of your work, but also to meet, to
communicate and to discuss research issues with other colleagues from the field in a beautiful and sunny part of the World.
There is no doubt that the 4 th International Congress on Psychopharmacology will provide a warm and an elite atmosphere
in Antalya for discussions, solutions, and practical suggestions about daily practice problems and issues. We hope that
this will an opportunity for you, to refresh, update, and expand your knowledge in the major and challenging domains of
psychopharmacology, biological psychiatry, neuroscience and neuroimaging, by contributions from Turkish and international
researchers and clinicians. The Congress aims to create an interactive platform, where all participants are encouraged to ask
questions and share their experiences about difficult and treatment resistant cases.
As always and as expected, the Congress will bring together scientists from Turkey and other internationally renowned
scientists to share experiences and ideas on the latest developments in psychopharmacology at the conference, symposia,
debates, bilateral and multilateral discussion sessions, and satellite symposia. This congress will also dedicate time to ‘meet the
specialist’ sessions and courses, which will be held by distinguished scientists in the field.
Furthermore, the traditional “The Poster Presentation Research Incentive Awards” will also be presented at the 4 th
International Congress on Psychopharmacology to the top three posters selected by the jury.
The most exciting and novel aspect of this Congress is that it is the first International conference organized by TAP.
We will be hosting fellow Associations, and fellow participants who are part of these Associations, from all over the world
including Canada, Malaysia, India, The Czech Republic, Greece, China, Hungary, USA, The UK, Australia, Israel, Iran, Russia,
Germany, The Netherlands, and The Ukraine.
Furthermore, there will be joint symposia with International Fellow and Partner Associations at this meeting. It is hoped that
this will increase International research collaborations.
Abstracts of all the presentations submitted to the 4 th International Congress on Psychopharmacology will be published in
the latest issue of the Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology as a supplement. This will ensure that these presentations are
available to be accessed at the SCI-E.
We hope that the conference will be a fruitful and enjoyable experience for all participants and we are looking forward to
meeting you in beautiful and sunny Antalya, Turkey!
The 4 th ICP Organizing Committee