Editorial – From President to President

President ’ s response to editorial

Overselling risk assessment I need to congratulate Roychowdhury & Adshead on a thought-provoking critique. Their arguments struck a chord in exposing the flaws in risk assessment tools and their unjust application in preventative detention; however, I was disappointed that they did not go further. All of these tools, structured clinical judgement included, apply populationderived data to indivi...

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Letter from the President

I have just come back from attending ECMI 2002 in Latvia. About 150 people took part in the conference which was held in the delightful resort town of Jurmala, about 20km south of Riga. The invited speakers covered a wide range of topics and all gave interesting talks as did the minisymposium speakers and the other contributors. The participants enjoyed the weather and surroundings in Jurmala a...

From your president.

The 2012 ASOHNS ASM in Adelaide in April this year was a highly successful meeting and, again on behalf of all members, I extend our gratitude and congratulations to the Convenor, Darcy Economos, Scientific Convenor, Simon Carney and those on the convening and scientific convening committees: Kym Diamantis, Stephen Floreani, Michael Jay, Suren Krishnan, Anthony Morley, Eng Ooi, John Tomich and ...

Welcome from the President

Welcome from the President

This year has been an exciting one for the IASR. The board is busily preparing for the Biannual IASR/AFSP Scientific Summit. The Scientific Committee, ably chaired by Drs. Yeates Conwell and Gil Zalsman, is putting together a terrific program. We have been gratified to see a very high level of participation with submissions for both oral presentations and posters from all around the world. It s...