The 23rd ECNP Congress is being held in Amsterdam from 28 August to 1 September 2010. ECNP (The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology). It is one of the largest meetings of psychiatrists. This year it brought together almost 7,000 doctors and other healthcare professionals. The slogan of the congress is Pioneering CNS research: translating neuroscience into progress, i.e. translating research into progress in patient management.