The Royal College of Psychiatrists has reduced its annual subscription rates to £30 for members working in countries classed as B and C or D according to the World Bank criteria if their monthly income in 2008 is below £1000. Further details are available from the College Membership Office.

The College's Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age has a bursary for psychiatrists practising in low-income countries in the field of mental health in older people, to attend the annual residential meeting in Barcelona on 5--6 March 2009. Further information is available from <kkottasz@rcpsych.ac.uk>.

In July 2008 the College launched a new grade of membership, Specialist Associateship, open to registered specialists who qualified abroad but who currently work in the UK. Further information is available from <latkinson@rcpsych.ac.uk>.

The Bangladesh Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (BACAMH) was launched in May 2008. Its mission is to promote the mental health of children, adolescents and their families through training, research, prevention and collaboration. See the Association's website, <http://www.bacamh.99homepages.com>.
