It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach, welcoming high-quality studies on neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, pharmacology, and treatment trials, aimed at engaging a broad audience in the field of affective science.
[2] It represents affective disorders for the World Psychiatric Association (WPA, in Paris).
It researches chronotherapeutics, and subjects such as winter blues, which can cause large disorders in mood.
[citation needed] It holds the ISAD biennial conference.
[citation needed] It is headquartered in the London Borough of Southwark, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN, previously known as the Institute of Psychiatry) at King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, on the A215 close to the boundary with the London Borough of Lambeth.