ISPNE History
The following table contains some information concerning the history of the Society. An editorial synopsis of the first 20 years of the Society, written by then-President Francesca Brambilla, may be found in Psychoneuroendocrinology (1989) 14:247-24
Minutes are available for the most recent congresses. Click on the highlighted date and place of the congress to see the minutes of the business meeting at that congress.
International Congresses Since the Inception of the Society
1969 Milano, Italy: Founding of the Society. 1970 New York, USA: Organizer, D. Ford.
1971 Budapest, Hungary: Organizers, K. Lissak & E. Endroczi.
1972 London, United Kingdom: Organizer, R. Michael.
1973 Berkeley, USA: Organizer, P. Timiras.
1974 Utrecht, The Netherlands, Organizer, D. de Wied.
1975 Aspen, USA: Organizer, A. Vernadakis.
1976 Strasbourg, France: Organizer, P. Mandel.
1977 Atlanta, USA: Organizer, R. Michael.
1978 Dublin, Ireland: Organizer, A. Darragh.
1979 Park City, USA: Organizer, B. Grosser.
1980 Florence, Italy: Organizers, R. Paoletti, G. Racagni & F. Brambilla.
1981 Montreal, Canada: Organizer, R. Collu.
1982 Tubingen, West Germany: Organizer, D. Gupta.
1983 New York, USA: Organizers D. Ford & F. Strand.
1984 Vienna, Austria: Organizer, G. Langer.
1985 Kyoto, Japan: Organizers, N. Hatotani, S. Takahashi & J. Nomura.
1986 Bergen, Norway: Organizers, H. Ursin & R. Murison.
1987 Chapel Hill, USA: Organizers, A. Prange & C. Nemeroff.
1988 Groningen, The Netherlands: Organizer, B. Bohus
1989 Buenos Aires, Argentina (cancelled).
1990 Buffalo, USA: Organizer, U. Halbreich.
1991 Siena, Italy: Organizers, A. Genazzini & F. Facchinetti.
1992 Madison, USA: Organizer, N. Kalin.
1993 Taormina, Italy: Organizer, F. Drago.
1994 Seattle, USA: Organizer, M. Raskind.
1995 Munich, Germany: Organizers, I. Heuser & F. Holsboer.
1996 Cascais, Portugal: Organizer, O. Ray.
1997 San Francisco, USA: Organizers: A. Schatzberg & C. Ehlers.
1998 Trier, Germany: Organizers, D. Hellhammer & O. Ray.
1999 Orlando, Florida, USA: Organizers: D. Evans & O. Ray
2000 Melbourne, Australia: Organizers: T.R. Norman & A.T. Lim
2001 Quebec, Canada: Organizer: N. Barden
2001 St. Petersburg Russia (Regional Meeting): Organizer: Nicholai Sapornov
2002 Bucharest, Roumania (Regional Meeting): Organizers: Mihail Coculescu & Ion Haulica
2003 Pisa, Italy: Organizer: Patrizia De Martinis
2003 New York City, USA: Organizer: Professor Rachel Yehuda
2004 Cappadocia, Turkey (Regional Congress): Organizers: Fahrettin Kelestimur, Ertugrul Esel & Kürsad Ünlühizarci
2004 Glasgow, Scotland: Organizers: Dirk Hellhammer, Brian Leonard
2005 Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Organizers: Michael Meaney, Sonia Lupien, Jens Pruessner
2006 Vilnius, Lithuania (Regional Meeting): Organizer: Robertas Bunevicius
2006 Leiden, The Netherlands: Organizers: Ron de Kloet, Onno Meijer, Roel de Rijk
2007 Madison, Wisconsin, USA: Organizer: Steven E. Shelton2008 Dresden, Germany: Organizer: Clemens Kirschbaum
2009 San Francisco, USA: Oragnizers: Elissa Epel, Thomas Neylan
2011 Berlin, Germany: Organizers: Isabella Heuser, Hu-Ping Chen,
Christian Otte, Michael Kaczmarczyk
2012 New York City, USA: Organizer: Rachel Yehuda
ISPNE Presidents Since the Inception of the Society
1969-1970 M. Reiss, USA
1971-1972 D. Ford, USA
1972-1975 J. Smythies, United Kingdom
1975-1978 R. Michael, USA
1978-1981 D. de Wied, The Netherlands
1981-1984 P. Timiras, USA
1984-1987 R. Rubin, USA
1987-1990 F. Brambilla, Italy
1990-1993 S. Levine, USA
1993-1996 C. Nemeroff, USA
1996-1999 B. Bohus, The Netherlands
1999-2002 U. Halbreich, USA
2002-2005 D. Hellhammer, Germany
2005-2008 N. Kalin, USAfrom 2012 R. Yehuda, USA
ISPNE Secretary Generals (Secretaries/Treasurers) Since the Inception of the Society*
* The combined position of Secretary General was established in 1995.
Secretaries1969-1978 F. Brambilla, Italy
1978-1982 F. Strand, USA
1983-1987 G. Langer, Austria
1987-1993 J.-J. Legros, Belgium
1993-1995 R. Casper, USATreasurers
1969-1970 D. Ford, USA
1971-1974 R. Reichlin, USA
1974-1988 B. Grosser, USA
1988-1993 R. Murison, Norway
1993-1995 D. Saphier, USA
1995-2001 D. Saphier, USA
2001 - 2008 Alan Schatzberg, USA
2008 - 2009 Elisabeth Young, USA (died: September, 1st,2009)
2009 - Present David Spiegel, USA
ISPNE Journal Editors Since the Inception of the Society
Volume 1, 1975 to Volume 5, 1980
Richard P. Michael, Editor-in-Chief
Bernard J. Carroll, Associate Editor
Clinical Studies; Donald H. Ford
Associate Editor, Laboratory Studies
Volume 6, 1981 to Volume 9, 1984
Robert T. Rubin, Editor-in-Chief
Bernard J. Carroll, Associate EditorVolume 10, 1985 to Volume 17, 1992
Robert T. Rubin, Editor-in-Chief
Harvey H. Feder, Associate EditorVolume 18, 1992 - Present
Robert Danzer, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ned H. Kalin, Co-Editor-in-Chief