Ifmad

{{Infobox organization

| name = International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders

| image =

| caption = International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders

| abbreviation = IFMAD

| formation = 2000

| headquarters = Monaco (Principality of Monaco)

| membership =

| leader_title = Chairman

| leader_name = Siegfried Kasper

| leader_title2 = Co-Chairman

| leader_name2 = Stuart Montgomery

| website = [http://www.ifmad.org ifmad.org]

| image_border =

| size =

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International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders or IFMAD is a professional organisation with the aim of spreading awareness of the latest international trend, research and innovations related to mood and anxiety disorders while encouraging the exchange of ideas among the psychiatric community all over the world.{{Cite web|title=International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations|url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1122268724|access-date=2020-09-08|website=uia.org}}{{Cite journal|last=Papakostas|first=George I.|title=Switching Antidepressants vs. Conventional Augmentation Strategies|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cns-spectrums/article/switching-antidepressants-vs-conventional-augmentation-strategies/45047E342BED7401A727EE42E7ACF883|journal=CNS Spectrums|year=2009|language=en|volume=14|issue=S4|pages=11–14|doi=10.1017/S1092852900003527|pmid=19407715|s2cid=23608072 |issn=2165-6509|url-access=subscription}} Professor Siegfried Kasper and Professor Stuart Montgomery jointly founded IFMAD in the year 2000 which received supports from a scientific committee composed of prominent individuals in the domain of mood and anxiety disorders from across the world.{{Cite web|title=ABOUT US {{!}} IFMAD|url=http://www.ifmad.org/?page_id=2|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-US}}

Activities

The organization is known to convey annual congress to encourage discussion and debate in the field of mood and anxiety disorder. This annual event has become an important forum for the exchange of ideas and a key part of the congress calendar.{{Cite web|title=Previous meetings {{!}} IFMAD|url=http://www.ifmad.org/?page_id=83|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-US}} IFMAD is affiliated with the Union of International Associations. The 18th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders held in Vienna received endorsement from various organizations including the Association Internationale pour la promotion de Formations Spécialisées en Médecine et en Sciences Biologiques (AFISM).{{Cite web|title=CONGRESSES & PUBLICATIONS – AFISM|url=http://www.afism.org/?page_id=164|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-US}}

Conferences

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!Year

!Title

!Venue

!Abstract

!Final Program

!Website

!References

2025

|"20th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (IFMAD) (04 - 06 June 2025)"

|Budapest

|

|{{Cite news|title=Scientific Program - |url=https://ifmad.org/2025/?page_id=238|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205100649/https://ifmad.org/2025/?page_id=238|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2024}}

|{{Cite web|title=Ifmad 2025 – Budapest – June 2025|url=http://ifmad.org/2025/|access-date=2024-11-07|language=en-GB}}

|{{Cite web|title=The 20th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=https://www.conferencelists.org/event/20th-international-forum-on-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad/|access-date=2024-11-07|website=ConferenceLists.org}}

2021

|"19th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (22 -24 July 2021)"

|Virtual edition

|

|{{Cite news|title=Scientific Program - Virtual|url=https://ifmad.org/2021/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Preliminary-Programme_virtual_100_revised.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|title=Scientific Programme – Ifmad 2021|url=https://ifmad.org/2021/?page_id=36|access-date=2021-03-21|language=en-GB}}

|{{Cite web|title=Ifmad 2021 – Budapest – July 2021|url=http://ifmad.org/2021/|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-GB}}

|

2019

|"18th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (4 - 6 July 2019)"

|Vienna

|{{Cite journal|title=The 18th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AbstractsLeaflet.pdf|journal=IFMAD}}

|{{Cite web|title=18th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019ifmad-Final-programme-web_27062019.pdf}}

|{{Cite web|title=IFMAD 2019|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2019/|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-US}}

|{{Cite web|title=EFPA Event: 18th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders - IFMAD|url=http://www.efpa.eu/events/2019-07-04-18th-international-forum-on-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.efpa.eu|archive-date=2019-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801205931/http://www.efpa.eu/events/2019-07-04-18th-international-forum-on-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=The 18th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.conferencealerts.com/show-event?id=205021|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.conferencealerts.com}}

2017

| style="text-align:left;" |"17th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (14 - 17 December 2017)"

|Madrid

|{{cite web|title=17th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2017/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AbstractBook_V2.pdf|access-date=2018-03-07|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=17th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2017/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Final_Programme_IFMAD_Web.pdf|access-date=2018-03-07|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=IFMAD 2017|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2017/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite web|title=17th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (IFMAD 2017) {{!}} SPPSM|url=https://www.sppsm.org/noticias/event/17th-international-forum-on-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad-2017/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.sppsm.org|language=pt-PT}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|title=17th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (IFMAD 2017)|url=https://www.eanpages.org/event/17th-international-forum-on-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad-2017/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=eanpages|language=en-GB}}

2016

| style="text-align:left;" |"16th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (8 - 10 December 2016)"

|Rome

|{{cite web|title=16th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IFMAD2016-ABSTRACTBOOK.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=16th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2016/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Final-Web-version-vers-4.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=IFMAD 2016|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2016/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite web|title=16th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders, IFMAD|url=https://www.science-community.org/en/node/172743|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.science-community.org|language=en}}

2015

| style="text-align:left;" |"15th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (2 - 4 December 2015)"

|Prague

|{{cite web|title=15th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Abstracts_Book_web.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=15th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Final-Program-IFMAD-2015_version4_LS.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=IFMAD 2015|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2015/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite journal|title=PSYCHIATRICKÁ SPOLEČNOST ČLS JEP ČESKÁ PSYCHIATRICKÁ SPOLEČNOST z.s.|url=https://www.psychiatrie.cz/images/stories/ifmad_2015_newsletter1.pdf|journal=15th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders}}

2014

| style="text-align:left;" |"14th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (from 10 to 12 December 2014)"

|Vienna

|{{cite web|title=14th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/abstract_book.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=14th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Final-Programme.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=IFMAD 2014 - VIENNA, 10 – 12 DECEMBER, 2014|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2014/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite web|title=14th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders 2014 (IFMAD 2014)|url=https://www.allcongress.com/medical-congress/14th-international-forum-on-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-2014-ifmad-2014/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=AllCongress|language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

2013

| style="text-align:left;" |"13th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Monaco

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Abstract-Book.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=13th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IFMAD-Monaco-Final.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=IFMAD 2013 - Monaco 20 – 22 November 2013|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2013/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite web|title=VVP Agenda|url=https://vvponline.be/agenda.php?event=123&m=2013-11|access-date=2020-09-08|website=vvponline.be}}

2012

| style="text-align:left;" |"12th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Barcelona

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mPCP-16-S1.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=12th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/FINAL_PROGRAMME.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=IFMAD 2012|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2012/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite web|title=12th International Forum in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, IFMAD November 07 – 09, 2012, Barcelona, Spain {{!}} Paragon {{!}} Professional Congress Organizer {{!}} Event Management {{!}} PCO|url=https://paragong.com/congresses/12th-international-forum-in-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad-november-07-09-2012-barcelona-spain/|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923031041/https://paragong.com/congresses/12th-international-forum-in-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-ifmad-november-07-09-2012-barcelona-spain/|url-status=dead}}

2011

| style="text-align:left;" |"11th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Budapest

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final-Abstracts.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=11th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IFMAD-Budapest-Final_16.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=Ifmad 2011 - 11th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/2011/|work=ifmad.org}}

|{{Cite journal|title=The Impact of Financial Crisis on Depression and Anxiety: Evidence from a Depression Telephone Helpline.|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281742347|journal=ResearchGate}}

2010

| style="text-align:left;" |"10th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Vienna

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FinalAbstractsIFMAD2010.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=10th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final-Version-IFMAD-Vienne_2010.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|

|{{Cite web|title=mptpszichiatria|url=http://www.mptpszichiatria.hu/upload/pszichiatria/document/ifmad_vienne_kongresszus.pdf}}

2009

| style="text-align:left;" |"9th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Monaco

|{{cite web|title=Volume 13, Number s01 (October 2009)|url=http://informahealthcare.com/toc/jpc/13/s01|work=informahealthcare.com}}

|{{cite web|title=9th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/p0992IFMAD2009FinalProgram12.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|

|{{Cite journal|last1=Kasper|title=9th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|journal= International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|year=2009|volume=13|pages=6–22|pmid=24922315|first1=S.|issue=Suppl 1 |doi=10.3109/13651500903375487|s2cid=44548298}}

2008

| style="text-align:left;" |"8th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Vienna

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2008|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/abstracts2008.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=8th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder???|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Finalprogramme2008.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|

|{{Cite web|title=8th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=https://www.aimgroupinternational.com/2008/ifmad/info.htm|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.aimgroupinternational.com}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

2007

| style="text-align:left;" |"7th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Budapest

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice; 2007|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Abstracts-2007.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=7th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final-programme-2007.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|

|{{Cite journal|last1=Connolly|first1=S. J.|last2=Fatato|first2=Penny|last3=Nichols|first3=A.|last4=Paul|first4=J.|last5=Guico-Pabia|first5=Christine|date=2007|title=Abstracts from the 7th international forum on mood and anxiety disorders|journal=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|volume=11|issue=4|pages=295–340|doi=10.1080/13651500701745584|pmid=24940731|s2cid=205790080}}

2006

| style="text-align:left;" |"6th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Vienna

|{{cite web|title=Abstracts From The 6th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/abstracts-2006.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=6th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final-programme-2006.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|

|{{Cite journal|title=Forthcoming international events|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A502915307D902BA62A3CB2920C18A62/S1749367600004884a.pdf/forthcoming_international_events.pdf|journal=Cambridge University}}

2005

| style="text-align:left;" |"5th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Vienna

|{{cite web|title=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2005|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Abstracts-2005.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=5th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/FINAL-PROGRAMME-2005.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

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|{{Cite journal|title=Predictors and prevention of suicide|url=https://inhn.org/fileadmin/Profiles/Angsts_Publications_Prof__Jules_Angst_March_2015.pdf|journal=Publications Prof. Jules Angst}}

2003

| style="text-align:left;" |"4th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Monaco

|{{cite web|title=Speaker Abstracts|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Abstract-2003.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

|{{cite web|title=4th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorder|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final-Programme-2003.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

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|{{Cite web|title=registration information|url=https://www.aimgroupinternational.com/2003/ifmad/ifmad_registrationinformation.htm|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.aimgroupinternational.com}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite journal|last1=Gruettert|first1=Torsten|last2=Friege|first2=Lars|date=2005-01-01|title=Quetiapine in patients with borderline personality disorder and psychosis: a case series|journal=International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice|volume=9|issue=3|pages=180–186|doi=10.1080/13651500510029048|pmid=24937788|s2cid=9525235|issn=1365-1501}}

2002

| style="text-align:left;" |"3rd International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Monaco

|

|{{cite web|title=International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders|url=http://www.ifmad.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final-Programme-2002.pdf|access-date=2016-07-18|publisher=Ifmad.org}}

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|{{Cite journal|last1=Hemels|first1=Michiel EH|last2=Kasper|first2=Siegfried|last3=Walter|first3=Evelyn|last4=Einarson|first4=Thomas R|date=2004-06-01|title=Cost-Effectiveness of Escitalopram versus Citalopram in the Treatment of Severe Depression|journal=Annals of Pharmacotherapy|language=en|volume=38|issue=6|pages=954–960|doi=10.1345/aph.1E010|pmid=15113989|s2cid=5823767|issn=1060-0280}}

2001

| style="text-align:left;" |"2nd International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Monaco

|

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|{{Cite web|title=2nd International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (28.11.–1.12.2001, Monte Carlo) - Psychiatria ~ Psychoterapia ~ Psychosomatika|url=http://www.psychiatria-casopis.sk/psychiatria/archiv-cisel/archiv/obsah-cisla-1/2002/sprava-z-kongresu/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.psychiatria-casopis.sk}}{{Cite web|title=New study suggests anti-epileptic medication, Topamax, can improve manic symptoms of bipolar disorder|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-12/k-nss120301.php|access-date=2020-09-08|website=EurekAlert!|language=en}}

2000

| style="text-align:left;" |"1st International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders"

|Monaco

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|{{Cite journal|last1=Kaschka|first1=W. P.|last2=Meyer|first2=A.|last3=Schier|first3=K. R.|last4=Fröscher|first4=W.|title=Treatment of Pathological Crying with Citalopram|journal=Pharmacopsychiatry|year=2001|language=de|volume=34|issue=6|pages=254–258|doi=10.1055/s-2001-18031|pmid=11778147|s2cid=260241942 |issn=0176-3679}}{{Cite journal|date=2000|title=Conference Calendar|journal=Australasian Psychiatry|language=en|volume=8|issue=2|pages=188–191|doi=10.1046/j.1440-1665.2000.0256h.x|s2cid=208501618|issn=1440-1665}}

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