PAST AND FORTHCOMING MEETINGS

20th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (ACNP)

Place/Date: Coronado, California, December 16-18, 1981. Scientific Program: Plenary Session Anxiety Special Lecture - Peptides and Neuropsychopharmacology. Studies on Corticotrophin Releasing Factor Study Groups

Cognitive and Sensory Motor Disturbances in Depression Positive Emission Tomography (PET) and Cortical Localization: Clinical Studies in Psychiatry and Neurology Biochemical and Behavioral Studies of Anxiety Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Use of Psychotherapeutic Medications by the American Public, 1979 Quo Vadis. Biology of Schizophrenia Dopamine and Neural Substrates of Depression Cannabis Use: Problems and Promises Statistical Mechanical Methods for Describing Neurophannacological Data Interaction Among Government, Industry and Extramural Investigators: New Developments and Problems New Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia What is Vital Depression and How Can it be Reliably Assessed Bensodiazepine Abuse: What are the Data What is the Effect of "stress" on Neuroendocrine Function Neurotransmitter Receptors: Hererogeneity, Regulation and Function Psychobiology of Premenstrual Change Child Psychopharmacology Monoamine Receptor Sensitivity and the Mechanism of Action of Antidepressant Treatment Protein Phosphorylation and Synoptic Mechanisms The Indole Hallucinogens Mental Illness in Pregnancy and the Puerperium Membrane Lipids in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Occurrence and Significance of Beta-Carbolines and Tetrabydroisoquinolines Endogenous Opioid Mechanisms in Neuroendocrine Regulation in Normal and Psychopatholog States The Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Workshops - What is the Clinical Value of a Neuroleptic Blood Level? - Neurotransmitters and Modulators in Response to Stress Posters Two Poster Sessions were organized. Further Information: Secretarial Office of ACNP, 134 Wesley Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240.

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1982 SESSION OF THE SECTION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY OF THE WORLD HEALTH PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION I( THE CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE"

Place/Date: Baltimore, Maryland, May 10-13, 1982. Scientific Program Committee Chairman: M. Kramer, Baltimore, MD Scope of the Scientific Program The chronically mentally ill and their associated impairments disabilities and handicaps constitute a public health problem of major proportions. The increasing size of this problem is a matter of great concern in both developed and developing countries. In the United States, the President's Commission on Mental Health reporting in 1978, placed a high priority on the development of a national plan to meet the needs of persons with chronic mental illness and much effort has been devoted to evolving such a plan. Comparable developments are now taking place in some other countries. Scientific Program Session 1: Basic Issues Session 2: Case Finding Issues Session 3: Mental Health Services for the Chronically Ill: Changing Pattern of Care Session 4: Primary Health Care Services and the Chronically Mentally Ill Session 5: Social Support Systems and Social Networks Session 6: Prevention of Chronic Disability and Handicap Among Persons with Chronic

Mental Disorder Session 7: Summary and Panel Discussion of Implications for the Future Further Information: Dr. M. Kramer, The John Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public health, 615. North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205.

FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (CCNP)

Place/Date: Pavilion De Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, May 12-14, 1982. Sponsor: Universit6 Laval, Qu6bec Officers of CCNP: Executive Directors (1980-1982) President: R. L. Singhal, Ottawa Past-President: Y. D. Lapierre, Ottawa Vice-Presidents: W. Dewhurst, Edmonton

A. A. Boulton, Saskatoon Secretary: D. D. Hrdina, Ottawa Treasurer: J. McClure, Montreal Councillors: F. Garcin, Quebec

P. Grof, Hamilton K. Jhamandas, Kingston G. M. McKenzie, Halifax T. Sourkes, Montr6al H. Stancer, Toronto

Local Organizing Committee: Chairman: Frarqoise Garcin Members: L. B. Baillargeon, P. BQdard, D. McClure, R. M. V. Murthy, N. P. Nair,

A. Roberge, P. Singh Scientific Program Plenary Session: Chairmen:

Aspects in Basic and Clinical Psychopharmacology H. E. Lehmann, Montreal A. Villeneuve, Quebec

Symposium 1: Hormones and Brain Function Chairmen: F. Labrie, Qu6bec

J. C. Schwartz, Paris Symposium 2: Drug Induced Extrapyramidal Reactions. Human and Clinical Studies Chairmen: P. BEdard, Qu6bec

T. Sourkes, Montreal

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A. Symposium 4: Chairmen: W.

S. Round Table: Research in Mental Health, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Oreanizers: C. Radouco-Thomas. Ouebec

R. L. Singhal, Ottawa Workshop A: Pharmacokinetics of Psychotropic Drugs. What does it tell us Organizer: P. D. Hrdina, Ottawa Workshop B: Endorphins Basic and Clinical Aspects Organizer: N. G. Sedah, Montrdal Workshop C: Biological Correlates of Psychosis Organizer: J. J. Warsh, Toronto Several sessions for Free Communications (oral and poster presentations) are also organized. Publication of the Meeting: The Proceedings of the 5th CCNP Meeting will be published in the journal "Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry" Vol. 6, Issues 5-6, 1982. Further Information: Dr Fraqoise Garcin, Unit6 RADA, Lab. Neuropsychopharmacologie, HBpital St-Frarqois d'Assise, 10, rue de l'Espinay, Quebec, GlL 3L.5.

Guidelines for Control of Clinical Trials Da Silva, Ottawa Rudzik, Kalamazoo Psychopharmacogenetics Kalow, Toronto Radouco-Thomas, Quebec

FEDERATION 0~ AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (FASEB)

Place/Date: New Orleans, Louisiana, April 15-23. 1982. Scientific Program: The program will include four interdisciplinary themes within the framework of the traditional format: 1) Connective Tissue 2) Control of Cell Growth 3) Diabetes Mellitus 4) Hypertention. Among sessions of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics some are related to Neuropsychopharmacology: Neuropharmacology - Acetylcholine-cholinesterase - Alcohol Central Nervous System - Analgesics, Narcotics/Antagonists - Behavioral Pharmacology - Endorphins and Enkephalins - Neurochemistry - Neuropeptides - Neurotransmitters - Drug Abuse - Depressants, Hallucinogens - Marihuana, Opiates, Stimulants Psychotherapeutic Drugs - Antidepressants - Antipsychotics - Anxiolytics Further Information: Billy M. Clement, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20014. 301/530-7020.

13th CONGRESS OF THE COLLEGIUM INTERNATIONALE NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICUM (CINP)

Place/Date: Jerusalem, Israel, June 20-25, 1982. Scientific Tentative Program: Clinical Symposia - Classification and Outcome of Psychosis - Role of Pharmacokinetics in Psychiatric Practice - Biological Markers and New Treatments in Affective Disorder - Pathology of Aging and its Treatment

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Non-Clinical Symposia - Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology of Perceptual Processes - Peptides in the Brain - Animal Models - Receptors in the Brain Poster Sessions Several poster sessions are foreseen. Further Information: The Secretariat, 13th CINP Congress, POB 29784, Tel Aviv 61297, Israel.

FIRST CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON ALCOHOLISM

Place/Date: Munich, Germany, July 6-10, 1982. Scientific Program Among the several lectures, workshops and discussions, the following topics are related to Neuropsychopharmacology: Workshops - NeuromodulatorslNeurotransmitter Actions - Enzymology of Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases - Ethanol-Drug Interactions - Acetaldehyde Metabolism - Neurologic Effects of Ethanol - Genetics and Behavior Evening Discussions - Preference for Alcohol and Tetrahydroisoquinolines - Tolerance and Physical Dependence Further Information: Dr. R. G. Thurman, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, 1124 Faculty Laboratory Office Building, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, U.S.A.