The VIII European Conference on Traumatic Stress (ECOTS) 2003 will be held in Berlin, Germany on 22–25 May 2003. The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) invites you to enjoy a wide-ranging scientific programme that offers the opportunity to enhance knowledge in the fields of extreme stress and psychotraumatology. All scientists and mental health professionals working with trauma, service personnel, non-governmental organisation- officers, voluntary agencies and lawyers are warmly welcome. For further details, please visit http://www.traumaconference-berlin.de. Alternatively, please contact the conference organisers: Scientific Secretariat, VIII ECOTS Berlin 2003, c/o Catholic University of Applied Social Sciences, Koepenicker Allee 39–57, D-10318 Berlin (tel: +493050 10 10 54; fax +493050 10 10 88).

Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust would like to announce that they are holding a one-day Depression seminar/workshop at the Postgraduate Centre on the Hospital Campus on Friday, 30 May 2003. The seminar/workshop is aimed at all members of community mental health teams; general practitioners; counsellors; nurses; social workers; and all those who wish to gain a better understanding of what depression is, why it is on the increase and how to diagnose it. Practical help will be given to help break the patterns of depression, give new insights into the dissociative elements of depressed thinking styles and much more. For further information, please contact Jane Gurnett, Secretary, Psychotherapy Department, Milton Keynes PCT (tel: 01908 243 134; E-mail: [email protected]).