Since 1990, IFPE has steadily enlarged its international audience and attracted an increasing number of well-known psychiatric epidemiologists as individual members. It attaches great importance to the scientific level of its activities. It puts special emphasis on promoting better understanding and fruitful co-operation between epidemiologists, clinicians, behavioural scientists, and other health professionals. In addition, communication among members and member societies will be facilitated by means of a regular Newsletter on this website.

In the coming years, priority will be given to holding scientific meetings in areas of the world where interest in psychiatric epidemiology is developing.