Leo Sher, M.D.

On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I am pleased to congratulate Professor Shih-Ku Lin, a Member of the Task Force, an esteemed colleague and a great friend, on becoming a Vice-President of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP). Dr. Shih-Ku Lin is the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Taipei City Hospital and Psychiatric Center and a Professor at the Taipei Medical University School of Medicine. Professor Shih-Ku Lin is also President of the Taiwanese Society of Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology. We wish Professor Shih-Ku Lin the best success in his work.

Currently, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health consists of scholars from many countries:

Officers:

Chair:

Leo Sher (USA)

Co-Chairs:

Timothy R. Rice (USA)

Zoltan Rihmer (Hungary)

Members:

Mikkel Arendt (Denmark)

M. Dolores Braquehais (Spain)

Javier Didia-Attas (Argentina)

Trine Flensborg-Madsen (Denmark)

Masahito Fushimi (Japan)

Julia Golier (USA)

Xenia Gonda (Hungary)

Jussi Jokinen (Sweden)

Styliani Kaliora (Greece)

Shigenobu Kanba (Japan)

Jose de Leon (USA)

Shih-Ku Lin (Taiwan)

J. John Mann (USA)

Mushtaq Margoob (India)

Joav Merrick (Israel)

Narseta Mickuviene (Lithuania)

Anne-Maria Möller-Leimkühler (Germany)

Alexander Neumeister (USA)

Maria A. Oquendo (USA)

Jorge Ospina-Duque (Colombia)

M. Dolores Picouto (Spain)

Carlos Roncero (Spain)

Wolfgang Rutz (Sweden)

Serge Sevy (USA)

Lesha Shah (USA)

Rishi Sood (USA)

Robert G. Stern (USA)

Nestor Szerman (Spain)

Pilar Trelles (USA)

Andreas Walther (Germany)

The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health is expected

– To publish papers on male mental health issues

– To promote research on male mental health issues through raising awareness amongst clinicians and researchers about this area

– To provide a report to the WFSBP executive committee every 2 years on the activities of the group