International Society for Affective Disorders

The International Society for Affective Disorders is an international psychiatric organisation based in south London that researches mood disorders.^[1] It was formed in February 2004.

The Journal of Affective Disorders, the official publication of the International Society for Affective Disorders, focuses on research related to mood and emotional disorders, including depression, mania, anxiety, and personality-related conditions. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach, welcoming high-quality studies on neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, pharmacology, and treatment trials, aimed at engaging a broad audience in the field of affective science.^[2]

Function

It represents affective disorders for the World Psychiatric Association (WPA, in Paris). It produces its journal, the Journal of Affective Disorders. It researches chronotherapeutics, and subjects such as winter blues, which can cause large disorders in mood.^{[citation needed]}

It holds the ISAD biennial conference.^{[citation needed]}

Structure

It is headquartered in the London Borough of Southwark, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN, previously known as the Institute of Psychiatry) at King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, on the A215 close to the boundary with the London Borough of Lambeth.

See also

• International Society for Bipolar Disorders