Summaries from the XVIII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Athens, Greece, 3-7 October 2010.

ABSTRACT

The XVIIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, sponsored by The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics took place in Athens, Greece on October 3-7, 2010. Approximately 950 participants gathered to discuss the latest findings in this rapidly advancing field. The following report was written by junior travel awardees, as well as others who were volunteers from student meeting attendees. Each was assigned sessions as rapporteurs. This report represents some of the areas covered in oral presentation during the conference, and reports on some of the notable major new findings described at this 2010 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics.