History of WFSBP
Defining Moments
24 September 1974 | First World Congress in Buenos Aires
“In the name of the Executive Committee of the First World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, we wish to send a message to all biological psychiatrists and specialists of allied disciplines throughout the world expressing our pleasure which is based on two fundamental factors.
Firstly, that this event brings together for the first time, biological psychiatrists from the four corners of the Earth, and secondly, because, during the Congress, an Assembly will be held which will achieve the purpose for which so many of us have been working for many years …”
Prof. Edmund Fisher
27 September 1974 | Foundation of WFBP in Buenos Aires
During the General Assembly the World Federation of Biological Psychiatry (WFBP) was founded.
1981, Stockholm | Introduction of the Name WFSBP
More Than 40 Years of History
Former WFSBP President Prof. Jorge Ciprian Ollivier shares a personal reflection on the origins, growth and international development of the Federation over more than four decades.