in 1979, helmut beckmann was a constitutional committee member of the german society of biological psychiatry, became president in 1987–1990, and was an honorary fellow from 2000. he served as treasurer of the world federation of societies of biological psychiatry (wfsbp) from 1991 to 1997, and as president of collegium internationale neuro-psychopharmacologicum (cinp) from 1998 to 2000.