1. Immunological and infectious aspects of schizophrenia

   • Norbert Müller

   SPECIAL ISSUE Pages: 1 - 3

2. Antibodies to infectious agents in individuals with recent onset schizophrenia

   • F. Markus Leweke
   • Christoph W. Gerth
   • Robert H. Yolken

   SPECIAL ISSUE Pages: 4 - 8

3. Childhood central nervous system infections and risk for schizophrenia

   • Hannu Koponen
   • Paula Rantakallio
   • Matti Isohanni

   SPECIAL ISSUE Pages: 9 - 13

4. COX-2 inhibition as a treatment approach in schizophrenia: Immunological considerations and clinical effects of celecoxib add-on therapy

   • Norbert Müller
   • Markus Ulmschneider
   • Michael Riedel

   SPECIAL ISSUE Pages: 14 - 22

5. Childhood meningitis, brain maturation and the risk of psychosis*

   • Wagner F. Gattaz
   • André L. Abrahão
   • Roberto Foccacia

   SPECIAL ISSUE Pages: 23 - 26

6. A comparative study of psychopathology in Greek adolescents in Germany and in Greece in 1980 and 1998—18 years apart

   • Manfred M. Fichter
   • Franziskos Xepapadakos
   • Wassilios E. Fthenakis

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 27 - 35

7. Patterns of psychopathological manifestations among ethnic Chinese living in Brazil

   • Yuan-Pang Wang
   • Clarice Gorenstein
   • Laura H. Andrade

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 36 - 42

8. The role of the arginine-nitric oxide pathway in the pathogenesis of bipolar affective disorder

   • Medaim Yanik
   • Hüseyin Vural
   • Ömer Akyol

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 43 - 47

9. Validating Angst’s “ups & downs” personality trait as a new marker of bipolar II disorder

   • Franco Benazzi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 48 - 54

10. Obituary to

    • Prof. Dr. Norbert Müller, President of the German Society for Biological Psychiatry

    OBITUARY Pages: 55 - 56

11. Announcements of the German Society of Biological Psychiatry

    ANNOUNCEMENTS Pages: 57 - 57