Speakers

Sofia Brisos
Clinical psychiatrist at Lisbon´s Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre Forensic psychiatrist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences Clinical Director of LEGISMENTE – Clinical end Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Lisbon, PortugalDr. Brissos, is clinical psychiatrist at Lisbon´s Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre, and forensic psychiatrist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Brissos is Clinical Director of LEGISMENTE, dedicated to clinical and forensic psychiatric and psychological services. She is forensic consultant for Insurance Companies (private disability insurance and evaluation of personal injury), and for the Social Security System (evaluation of temporary and permanent psychiatric disability).
Sofia Brisos
Clinical psychiatrist at Lisbon´s Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre Forensic psychiatrist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences Clinical Director of LEGISMENTE – Clinical end Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Lisbon, Portugal
Leslie Citrome
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences New York Medical College, Valhalla, New YorkProf. Citrome is a consultant in clinical trial design and interpretation. He is a frequent lecturer on the quantitative assessment of clinical trial results and has lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. His main interests include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. He is author or coauthor of over 500 research reports, reviews, and chapters in the scientific literature.
Leslie Citrome
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
Christoph Correll
Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell New York, USA Professor and Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, GermanyDr. Correll’s research and clinical work focus on the identification, characterization, and psychopharmacological management of adults and youth with severe psychiatric disorders. His areas of expertise range from the prodrome and first episode to the refractory illness phase of patients with severe mood and psychotic disorders. His research further focuses on psychotropic medication efficacy, effectiveness, and adverse effects as well as on physical health in the mentally ill.
Christoph Correll
Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell New York, USA Professor and Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen
Senior researcher, Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, DenmarkMaria Faurholt-Jepsen, MD, Dr. Med. Sc. and senior researcher has been associated with the Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Denmark since 2006. Her scientific focus has during the entire research career been on measures of illness activity in mental illness. Since 2008 with a main scientific focus on objective measures of illness activity in patients with Bipolar Disorder and since 2009 with the use of smartphones as an electronic biomarker of illness activity and treatment intervention in these patients.
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen
Senior researcher, Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center (CADIC), Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Itziar Flamarique
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, SpainDr. Flamarique is a a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. She has been working as a psychiatrist for more than 15 years, and the last 7 years she has specialized in treating eating disorders at the Eating Disorders program for adolescents of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. Doctor Famarique's research is focused on prevention, medical complications, and treatment in adolescents with eating disorders.
Itziar Flamarique
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
Philip Gorwood
Professor of Psychiatry at Sainte-Anne Hospital and Head of the CMME department, University of ParisPhilip Gorwood
Professor of Psychiatry at Sainte-Anne Hospital and Head of the CMME department, University of Paris
Saundra Jain
Adjunct Clinical Affiliate University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Austin, TexasSaundra Jain
Adjunct Clinical Affiliate University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Austin, Texas
Rakesh Jain
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Midland, TexasDr. Jain served a three-year residency in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He followed that by obtaining further specialty training, by undergoing a two-year fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition, Dr. Jain completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Research Psychiatry at the University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute, in Houston. He was awarded the “National Research Service Award” for the support of this postdoctoral fellowship.
Rakesh Jain
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Midland, Texas
Stefan Leucht
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Technische Universität München, Munich, GermanyDoctor Leucht has been practicing at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Technische Universität München, Germany since 1994. In 2002/2003 he spent a year as a research associate at the Zucker Hillside Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York. He was appointed associate professor in 2011, and is vice-chairman of the department since 2009. He is also an editor to the Cochrane schizophrenia group. Dr. Leucht's research focus is psychopharmacology and evidence-based medicine in schizophrenia with a focus on meta-analyses.
Stefan Leucht
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
Vladimir Maletic
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, South CarolinaDr. Maletic is clinical professor of neuropsychiatry and behavioral science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia and a consulting associate in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Maletic received his MD in 1981 and his MS in neurobiology in 1985, both at the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia. He went on to serve a residency in psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, followed by a residency in child psychiatry at Duke University.
Vladimir Maletic
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, South Carolina
Carmen Moreno
Professor at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, SpainProfessor at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville
Carmen Moreno
Professor at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, Spain
Pedro Morgado
Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Minho and Psychiatrist at the Hospital de Braga, PortugalProfessor at the School of Medicine, University of Minho and Psychiatrist at the Hospital de Braga. He is a researcher member of the Clinical Academic Centre (2CA-Braga) and of ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associated Laboratory at University of Minho. Since 2017, he is also the Vice-President of School of Medicine, University of Minho.
Pedro Morgado
Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Minho and Psychiatrist at the Hospital de Braga, Portugal
Brenda Penninx
Professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the department of Psychiatry of Amsterdam UMC in AmsterdamProfessor of psychiatric epidemiology at the department of Psychiatry of Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
Brenda Penninx
Professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the department of Psychiatry of Amsterdam UMC in Amsterdam
Giulio Perugi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Italy
Giulio Perugi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Italy
Maurizio Pompili
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Suicidology as part of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyMaurizio Pompili
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Suicidology as part of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Charles Raison
Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families; Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Madison WisconsinDr. Raison is the Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Distinguished Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families and Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.. Dr. Raison also serves as Director of Clinical and Translational Research for Usona Institute and as Director of Research on Spiritual Health for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, GA. In addition, Dr. Raison has served as mental health expert for CNN.com for many years.
Charles Raison
Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families; Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Madison Wisconsin
Luis San
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Barcelona, SpainHead of the Psychiatry and Psychology Service at Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
Luis San
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Barcelona, Spain
David Taylor
Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at the Maudsley Hospital and Professor of PsychopharmacologyDirector of Pharmacy and Pathology at the Maudsley Hospital and Professor of Psychopharmacology, United Kingdom
David Taylor
Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at the Maudsley Hospital and Professor of Psychopharmacology
Eduard Vieta
Professor of Psychiatry and Chair at the University of Barcelona; Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Hospital Clinic; Scientific Director of the Spanish Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), SpainDr. Vieta is Professor of Psychiatry and Chair at the University of Barcelona, Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Hospital Clinic, and Scientific Director of the Spanish Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM). He has authored more than 1000 original articles and 49 books and has an h index of 135. He is considered by Clarivate analytics one of the “World’s most influential minds”.