The author wish to make following corrections to the published version of her paper [1].

1. The sentence in the fourth paragraph should be changed from “A few previous events led up to and initiated this landmark St. Louis meeting, one of which was a workshop organized by E Gershon, R Cloninger, P Propping and L DeLisi with funding and support contributed by Professor Hans Hippius from Bonn, Germany (Figure 1).”

To the following corrected sentence: “A few previous events led up to and initiated this landmark St. Louis meeting, one of which was a workshop organized by E Gershon, R Cloninger, P Propping and L DeLisi with funding and support contributed by Professor Hans Hippius (the Director of the University Clinic for Psychiatry at the University of Munich, Germany) (Figure 1).”

2. The sentence in the fourth paragraph should be changed from “The first 2 WCPGs sponsored by this division of the Royal College were held in Cambridge in 1989 (Figure 2) and London in 2001, and attracted approximately 200 researchers.”

To the following corrected sentence “The first 2 WCPGs sponsored by this division of the Royal College were held in Cambridge in 1989 (Figure 2) and London in 1991, and attracted approximately 200 researchers.”

3. The fifth notable event mentioned in the fourth paragraph should be changed from “(5) An Educational Day was established in 2005 to take place 1 day prior to each WCPG for reviews of different aspects of the field for new investigators beginning work in psychiatric genetics, as well as the informed public and media.”

To the following corrected sentences: “(5) Educational Sessions at the WCPG may have had their first appearance at the 2004 Dublin, Ireland congress. An Educational Day was established in 2005 to take place 1 day prior to each WCPG for reviews of different aspects of the field for new investigators beginning work in psychiatric genetics, as well as the informed public and media.”

The author would like to apologize to the readers for any inconvenience caused by the change.

How to Cite This Article

DeLisi LE. Correction: DeLisi LE. An Historical Perspective on Psychiatric Genetics, the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics and the Role of Elliot Gershon. J Psychiatry Brain Sci. 2019;4:e190015. J Psychiatry Brain Sci. 2020;5:e200026. https://doi.org/10.20900/jpbs.20200026