The Turkish Association for Psychopharmacology (TAP) was founded in 2005, with the general intention of bringing together those from clinical and experimental disciplines as well as members of the pharmaceutical industry involved in the study of psychopharmacology. To this end the Association arranges scientific meetings, fosters research and teaching, encourages publication of researches and provides guidance and information to the public on matters relevant to psychopharmacology.
The TAP organizes scientific meetings and symposia during the course of the year, covering all aspects of psychopharmacology from basic research to pharmaceutical development and clinical application. In recent years the Association has begun to produce a range of consensual statements on the treatment of clinical disorders as well as on the investigation of psychopharmaceutical compounds.

The first National Psychopharmacology Congress was launched in 14-17th of December 2005 at Istanbul leaded by the Psychiatry Department of GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital and Clinical Psychopharmacology Bulletin editorial team and by the contributions of the Department of Medical Pharmacology of GATA Medical Faculty. We can say that this congress is the continuation of “Progressions in Clinical Psychopharmacology- International Symposium” which had been taken place four times between 1991 and 1998, and “First Gulhane Psychopharmacology Symposium” set by Medical Pharmacology Department of GATA Medical Faculty in 1999.

In June 20-22nd 2007 the TAP will launch the Second National Congress of Psychopharmacology, where TAP will promote substantial international contributors to join at this congress. Because of this reason this congress will be the first international congress in Turkey in the psychopharmacology and biology fields.