Call for Abstracts (Oral/Poster)

WFSBP 2018 KOBE Organizing Committee encourages all interested individuals to attend the congress and to submit abstracts for oral and/or poster presentation.
Abstract submissions should be made through the Online Abstract Submission System on this website.

Submission Date

January 15, 2018 to  March 29, 2018
  April 15, 2018
  April 30, 2018

Abstract Submission was closed.

How to submit abstracts

All abstract submissions must be made electronically through the Online Abstract Submission System.
E-mails and abstracts not submitted through the Submission System will not be accepted.

  • The abstract text should not exceed 300 words (excluding the Title, Authors and Affiliations)
  • The text of the abstract should be structured as follows: Objectives - Methods - Results – Conclusions
  • References need to be given in the text.
  • The title text should not exceed 20 words.
  • The full title should be provided, no abbreviations.
  • Up to 10 authors and 20 affiliations may be included on each abstract.
  • Graphics and tables cannot be submitted as part of your abstract.
  • Submitting authors are responsible for proofreading before submission.
  • All abstracts should be ethically appropriate for submission.
  • If the content infringes upon patients' personal information, informed consent must be obtained from the patient and/or their guardians and the presentation must carefully avoid identifying any individuals. We prohibit presentations that include information, such as hospitalization dates or age that could be used to identify individuals.
  • All abstracts will be published online in the scientific program of the WFSBP Congress.

Abstract Topics

01 Addictive Disorders 32 Neuroprogression
02 ADHD 33 Nutritional Psychiatry and the Microbiome
03 Antidepressants: Basic / Clinical 34 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Basic / Clinical
04 Antipsychotics: Basic / Clinical 35 Pain: Basic / Clinical
05 Anxiety Disorders: Basic / Clinical 36 Panic Disorders: Basic / Clinical
06 Anxiolytics: Basic / Clinical 37 Personality Disorders: Basic / Clinical
07 Bipolar Disorders: Basic / Clinical 38 Pharmacoeconomics
08 Childhood & Adolescent Disorders: Basic / Clinical 39 Pharmacogenetics
09 Chronobiology and Psychiatry 40 Placebo / Nocebo
10 Cognitive Neuroscience 41 Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
11 Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry 42 Precision Psychiatry
12 Dementia: Basic / Clinical 43 Pregnancy, Postpartum and Newborn – Mental Health Issues
13 Depression: Basic / Clinical 44 Premenstrual Syndrome: Basic / Clinical
14 Drug Development 45 Psychogeriatrics
15 Eating Disorders: Basic / Clinical 46 Psychoneuroimmunology
16 Emergency Psychiatry 47 Psycho-Oncology
17 Epidemiology 48 Psychopathology
18 Ethics in Biological Psychiatry 49 Psychopharmacology
19 Forensic Psychiatry 50 Psychosurgery
20 Genetics 51 Psychotherapy: Biological Mechanisms
21 Hypnotics: Basic / Clinical 52 Schizophrenia and other psychosis: Basic/Clinical
22 Light therapy 53 Sexual Disorders: Basic / Clinical
23 Machine Learning and Big Data 54 Sleep Disorders: Basic / Clinical
24 Mental Retardation or Chromosomal Aberrations: Basic / Clinical 55 Somatoform Disorders: Basic / Clinical
25 Molecular Neurobiology 56 Stem Cells and Organoids
26 Mood Stabilisers: Basic / Clinical 57 Stimulation Methods (e.g. ECT, TMS, VNS, DBS)
27 Neuroendocrinology 58 Stress: Basic / Clinical
28 Neuroimaging: Genetic, Functional, Structural 59 Suicide: Basic / Clinical
29 Neuropathology 60 Violence: Basic / Clinical
30 Neurophysiology 61 Miscellaneous
31 Neuroplasticity    

Online Abstract Submission

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