title: Meeting report: the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) South America Conference (August 5-7, 2011).
abstract: On August 5-7, 2011, São Paulo was home to the first regional meeting of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS). Over 400 people from many countries attended the activities and contributed with around 200 submissions for oral and poster presentations. This article summarizes the data presented during the meeting, with an emphasis on the plenary talks and sessions for short oral presentations. For information on the poster presentations, readers are referred to the special issue of Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica (Brazil) dedicated to the conference (available at: http://www.hcnet.usp.br/ipq/revista/vol38/s1/).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raffael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Massuda
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Clarissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trzesniak
authors.forename: Joao P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Machado-de-Sousa
authors.forename: Marcus V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Wagner F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Gattaz
authors.forename: Geraldo F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Busatto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013020:South America