Regional Chapter Profiles:
Australia Mexico Brazil Norway Turkey Hong Kong/Macau
Portugal Argentina Japan
Regional Chapters Under Development:
India Korea Taiwan Spain Germany
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Australasian Society for Bipolar Disorders
Mission:
The purpose of the Society is to become the Australasian forum, and an internationally recognized forum, to foster ongoing collaboration, education, research and advances in the treatment of all aspects of Bipolar Disorders. The Society is open to the entire spectrum of mental health professionals including basic and clinical researchers, psychiatrists, pharmacologists, psychologists, social workers, students, trainees, interested lay groups and individuals.
Chairman:
Professor John Tiller
Administration:
The Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Inc. provides Secretariat services to the Australasian Society for Bipolar Disorders Ltd. All the day-to-day administration, financial, membership, and website matters are handled by the Secretariat under the direction of the ASBD Committee.
Meeting:
The next ASBD Conference will be held in Brisbane, in October of 2009
Website:
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Associacao Brasileira de Transtorno Bipolar (ABTB):
Brazilian Society for Bipolar Disorders
Mission:
The Brazilian Group has adopted the ISBD’s mission as its own and lists its objectives as follows:
To create a research network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders, modeled upon the Canadian Network.
To promote awareness of this condition in the Brazilian society at large.
To help promoting awareness and education about this condition among mental health care professionals in and region.
To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs.
To help promoting ISBD values, publications and activities.
President:
Dr. Flávio Kapczinski
Administration:
Dr. Lafer is in charge of establishing a research network and intends to model the group upon Dr.Yatham's experience with CANMAT in . The training for the centers participating in the national network will be held next August in Sao Paulo. The Society is also organizing educational programs for clinicians and is expecting to increase its membership numbers to 150 members by the end of 2007.
Membership:
As of June 30, 2007, the Society has 102 members.
Meeting:
The Society will gather in Sao Paulo in August 2007 for its first educational symposium with the precence of its directors and Dr. Nassir Ghaemi as the international speaker.
Education:
The Society is organizing a course and update on the treatment of Bipolar Disorders to be held during the Brazilian Congress of Psychiatry (expected 5000 participants) next October in Porto Alegre.
The Society will be instrumental in collaborating with the ISBD on the 4th Biennial Conference of the ISBD in Sao Paulo in 2010.
Updates:
The Society is an official chapter of the ISBD as of June 2007.
Website:
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The Society for Bipolar Disorders (Turkey)
We would like to welcome the most recent addition to the ISBD regional chapters: the Bipolar Disorders Society of Turkey.
The Society was established in March 2007 and officially incorporated by the ISBD as a regional chapter in June 2007.
Headquartered in Istanbul, this organization roots back to 1997 when The Mood Disorders Section was first established under the umbrella of Psychiatric Association of Turkey. The Mood Disorders Section had always been a coherent and hard working body which dedicated itself to increasing awareness on mood disorders, specifically bipolar disorders from different perspectives. For this purpose, the group conducted many study projects and published the Treatment Guidelines for Bipolar Disorders of Psychiatric Association of Turkey as the first and pioneer publication of the Association in 2003. One of the main goals of the group was to spread “specialized mood clinics” all over the country. Over the years, eighteen of these specialized units were established in Turkey. In 2006, the group organized an international conference on mood disorders (Close Encounters of Three Seas) in conjunction with Psychiatric Association of Turkey, featuring speakers native to Turkey and the surrounding areas who now reside in other countries. In the past two years, the bipolar community of Turkish researchers have had approximately 40 research papers published in Bipolar Disorders.
Currently the chapter’s Board of Directors consists of: Olcay Yazici (President), Simavi Vahip (Vice President), Kaan Kora (Treasurer), E Timuçin Oral (Secretary/Recruitment Coordinator), Aysegül Özerdem (Secretary/Research & Education). The chapter currently has approximately 30 members.
President:
Olcay Yazici
Meeting:
The ISBD has officially announced that the 5th Biennial Meeting of the ISBD will be held in Istanbul, Turkey in 2012.
Updates:
Website:
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Capitulo Mexicano de la Sociedad Internacional de Trastornos Bipolares: ISBD Mexican Chapter
Mission:
Create a research network among Mexican mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders.
Promote awareness and education about bipolar disorders in the Mexican medical community.
Increase efforts in psychoeducation and community resources for the Mexican bipolar patient.
Help to promote ISBD values, publications and activities.
President:
Dr. Manuel Sanchez de Carmona
Meeting:
There will be a meeting of the Mexican Chapter in Spring 2008. Details will be posted as they become available.
Updates:
Upcoming plans for the chapter include:
Mexican Bipolar Survey
Mexican Bipolar Regional Conference
Development of a webpage
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The Society for the Advancement of Affective Bipolar Disorder (SABAD)
Hong Kong & Macau
The Society shall be open to membership for the mental health (psychiatric & allied health and primary care) professionals, interested lay groups, and individuals in Hong Kong who have an interest in treatment, research and education in all aspects of bipolar disorders.
Mission:
The objectives of the Society include:
The creation of an information network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders.
The provision of role models and collaboration in the field of bipolar disorders.
The promotion of awareness and education about this condition among medical and mental health care professionals, and the lay community.
The fostering of research in all aspects of bipolar disorders.
The promotion and support of international, regional and local conferences that provide scientific and educational programs.
The publication of a newsletter and other relevant materials.
The support of consumer and carer awareness initiatives of bipolar disorders and collaboration with established organisations.
Chairman:
Prof. Ki-yan MAK, Hong Kong, China
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