FACULTY

Michaela Amering

Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical Division of Social Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Board Member of the Austrian Association of Social Psychiatry; Honorary Fellow, European Society of Social Psychiatry.

The lived experience of patients with mental health problems

Key references:

• Männikkö M, Cano GM, Savage M, … Amering M. Report by the WPA Working Group on Developing Partnerships with Service Users and Family Carers (2020-2023). World Psychiatry. 2024 Jun;23(2):307-308.
• Giacco D, Amering M, Bird V, et al. Scenarios for the future of mental health care: a social perspective. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Mar;4(3):257-260.
• Slade M, Amering M, Farkas M, et al. Uses and abuses of recovery: implementing recovery-oriented practices in mental health systems. World Psychiatry. 2014 Feb;13(1):12-20. doi: 10.1002/wps.20084.
• Wallcraft J, Amering M, Freidin J, et al. Partnerships for better mental health worldwide: WPA recommendations on best practices in working with service users and family carers. World Psychiatry. 2011 Oct;10(3):229-36.
• Sibitz I, Unger A, Woppmann A, … Amering M. Stigma resistance in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2011 Mar;37(2):316-23.

Celso Arango

Chair of the Child and Adolescent Department of Psychiatry and Tenured Full Professor, Complutense University in Madrid, Spain; Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA; Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK; Past President of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Top 2% Scientist (Stanford University) and Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2022, 2023, 2024).

Mental health according to a neurodevelopmental hypothesis

Key references:

• Correll CU, Arango C, Fagerlund B, et al. Identification and treatment of individuals with childhood-onset and early-onset schizophrenia. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2024 May;82:57-71.
• Mendez MA, Oakley B, Canitano R, … Arango C. Autism care pathway in Europe. Eur Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 11;66(1):e81.
• Arango C, Dragioti E, Solmi M, et al. Risk and protective factors for mental disorders beyond genetics: an evidence-based atlas. World Psychiatry. 2021 Oct;20(3):417-436.
• Arango C, Díaz-Caneja CM, McGorry PD, et al. Preventive strategies for mental health. Lancet Psychiatry. 2018 Jul;5(7):591-604.
• Parellada M, Gomez-Vallejo S, … Arango C. Developmental Differences Between Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Schizophr Bull. 2017 Oct 21;43(6):1176-1189.

Claudio Bassetti

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland. Professor of Neurology, University of Bern, Switzerland. Former President of the European Neurological Society, European Sleep Research Society and Swiss Neurological Society. Founder of the Swiss Federation of Clinical Neurosocieties.

Brain health e i determinanti sociali per lo sviluppo del cervello sano e patologico

Key references:

• Bassetti CLA, Accorroni A, Arnesen A, et al. General neurology: Current challenges and future implications. Eur J Neurol. 2024 Jun;31(6):e16237.
• Perneczky R, Dom G, Chan A, … Bassetti C. Anti-amyloid antibody treatments for Alzheimer's disease. Eur J Neurol. 2024 Feb;31(2):e16049.
• Bassetti CLA, Helbok R, Adorjan K, Falkai P. European Psychiatric Association-European Academy of Neurology statement on post-COVID syndrome. Eur J Neurol. 2023 Jan;30(1):294-295.
• Owolabi MO, Leonardi M, Bassetti C, et al. The neurology revolution. Lancet Neurol. 2022 Nov;21(11):960-961.
• Bassetti CLA, Adamantidis A, Burdakov D, et al. Narcolepsy - clinical spectrum, aetiopathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Nat Rev Neurol. 2019 Sep;15(9):519-539.

Derek Bolton

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy & Psychopathology
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
King’s College London
Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London & Maudsley FT

Key references:

• Bolton, D., & Gillett, G. (2019). The biopsychosocial model of health and disease: New philosophical and scientific developments. London: Springer Palgrave.. Open Access. at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-11899-0
• Bolton, D. (2020). The biopsychosocial model and the new medical humanism. Archives de Philosophie, 83, 13–40. English version https://shs.cairn.info/article/E_APHI_834_0013?lang=en
• Bolton D. (2022). Looking forward to a decade of the biopsychosocial model. BJPsych bulletin, 46, 1-5.
• Bolton D. (2023). A revitalized biopsychosocial model: core theory, research paradigms, and clinical implications. Psychol Med. 53, 7504-7511.

Joseph Firth

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Manchester, UK; Honorary Fellow, Western Sydney University, Australia; Honorary Fellow, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Clarivate™ World Highly Cited Researcher in Psychology / Psychiatry (for ranking in the top 0.1% for citations by field, globally) in 2020, 2021, and 2022; Research.com 's #1 "Rising Star in Science" in the UK, across all fields; ExpertScape "World Expert" in Exercise, for ranking in the Top 10 researchers globally.

Lifestyle and mental health: toward a new paradigm of care?

Key references:

• Linardon J, Torous J, Firth J, et al. Current evidence on the efficacy of mental health smartphone apps for symptoms of depression and anxiety. A meta-analysis of 176 randomized controlled trials. World Psychiatry. 2024 Feb;23(1):139-149.
• Firth J, Solmi M, Wootton RE, et al. A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders. World Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;19(3):360-380.
• Firth J, Gangwisch JE, Borisini A, et al. Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing? BMJ. 2020 Jun 29;369:m2382.
• Firth J, et al. The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Aug;6(8):675-712.
• Vancampfort D, Firth J, Correll CU, et al. The impact of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to improve physical health outcomes in people with schizophrenia: a meta-review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. World Psychiatry. 2019 Feb;18(1):53-66.

Vittorio Gallese

Professore Ordinario di Psicobiologia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Unità di Neuroscienze, Università degli Studi di Parma; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University, New York, USA. Tra gli scopritori dei neuroni specchio, ha ricevuto l'Arnold Pfeffer Prize for Neuropsychoanalysis dall'International Society of Neuropsychoanalysis (2010), il Premio Musatti dalla Società Italiana di Psicoanalisi (2013), la Kosmos Fellowship dalla Berlin School of Mind and Brain (2014), la Einstein Fellowship (2016-2020) e l'Alexander von Humboldt Forschung Preis (2019).

Le relazioni nel tempo dell’Intelligenza Artificiale

Key references:

• Gallese V, Morelli U. Cosa significa essere umani? Corpo, cervello e relazione per vivere nel presente. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore; 2024
• Gallese V. Digital visions: the experience of self and others in the age of the digital revolution. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2024 Sep;36(6):656-666.
• Gallese V. Neuroscience and psychopathology. Psychopathology. 2014;47(6):345-6.
• Ammaniti M, Gallese V. La nascita della intersoggettività. Lo sviluppo del sé tra psicodinamica e neurobiologia. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore; 2014
• Gallese V. Mirror neurons, embodied simulation and a second-person approach to mindreading. Cortex. 2013 Nov-Dec;49(10):2954-6.

Petra Gronholm

Research Fellow, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK. Scientific coordinator of the Indigo Partnership research programme for the reduction of mental-health-related stigma with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

Mosaic toolkit to end stigma and discrimination in mental health

Key references:

• Majeed T, Hopkin G, Wang K, et al. Anti-stigma interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Apr 26;72:102612.
• Gronholm PC, Gill N, Carter G, et al. Assessing the priority of human rights and mental health: the PHRAME approach. BJPsych Open. 2023 Mar 27;9(2):e56.
• Thornicroft G, Sunkel C, Alikhon Aliev A, et al. The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health. Lancet. 2022 Oct 22;400(10361):1438-1480.
• Gronholm PC, Henderson C, Deb T, Thornicroft G. Interventions to reduce discrimination and stigma: the state of the art. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2017 Mar;52(3):249-258.
• Gronholm PC, Lund C, Thornicroft G. WHO Director-General candidates: where does mental health feature? Lancet. 2017 Jan 7;389(10064):34-35.

Helen Killaspy

Professor of Rehabilitation Psychiatry, Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research, University College London, UK; Chair of the Advisory Group for the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Rehabilitation Quality Network.

Interventi psicosociali di terza generazione

Key references:

• Killaspy H. The renaissance of mental health rehabilitation services. Australas Psychiatry. 2023 Oct;31(5):579-581.
• Killaspy H, Dalton-Locke C. The growing evidence for mental health rehabilitation services and directions for future research. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 20;14:1303073.
• Killaspy H, Harvey C, Brasier C, et al. Community-based social interventions for people with severe mental illness: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of recent evidence. World Psychiatry. 2022 Feb;21(1):96-123.
• Killaspy H, Baird G, Bromham N, Bennett A; Guideline Committee. Rehabilitation for adults with complex psychosis: summary of NICE guidance. BMJ. 2021 Jan 12;372:n1.
• Nielsen CM, Hjorthøj C, Killaspy H, Nordentoft M. The effect of flexible assertive community treatment in Denmark: a quasi-experimental controlled study. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 Jan;8(1):27-35.

Jurjen Luykx

Assistant Professor, Head of Program in Psychiatric Genetics, Human Neurogenetics Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Planetary mental health

Key references:

• Brandt L, Adorjan K, Catthoor K … Luykx JJ. Climate change and mental health: Position paper of the European Psychiatric Association. Eur Psychiatry. 2024 May 23;67(1):e41.
• Efthimiou O, Taipale H, Radua J, … Luykx JJ. Efficacy and effectiveness of antipsychotics in schizophrenia: network meta-analyses combining evidence from randomised controlled trials and real-world data. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 Feb;11(2):102-111.
• Schijven D, Veldink JH, Luykx JJ. Genetic cross-disorder analysis in psychiatry: from methodology to clinical utility. Br J Psychiatry. 2020 May;216(5):246-249. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.72. PMID: 30931869.
• Lin BD, Alkema A, Peters T, … Luykx JJ. Assessing causal links between metabolic traits, inflammation and schizophrenia: a univariable and multivariable, bidirectional Mendelian-randomization study. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Oct 1;48(5):1505-1514.
• Luykx JJ, van der Spek R, van Veen S, et al. Unconsented genetic testing in psychiatry: an (almost) no go? Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Aug;6(8):641-642.

Giovanni Stanghellini

Professore Ordinario di Psicologia dinamica, Università degli Studi di Firenze; Co-fondatore e Direttore della Scuola di Psicoterapia fenomenologico-dinamica di Firenze. Profesor Adjuncto presso la Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Cile. Co-fondatore della Sezione “Philosophy and Psychiatry”, European Psychiatric Association; Ex-presidente della Sezione “Psychiatry and the Humanities”, World Psychiatric Association.

Lo psichiatra come straccivendolo. Una riflessione sulla psicopatologia

Key references:

• Stanghellini G, Mecacci L. The personal brain. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2285-2286.
• Stanghellini G. The heterogeneity of depressions: A phenomenological viewpoint. Eur Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 11;66(1):e32.
• Stanghellini G. Noi siamo un dialogo: Antropologia, psicopatologia, cura. Milano: Raffaello Cortina; 2017.
• Stanghellini G, Rossi Monti M. Psicologia del patologico: una prospettiva fenomenologico-dinamica. Milano: Raffaello Cortina; 2009.
• Stanghellini G. Psicopatologia del senso comune. Milano: Raffaello Cortina; 2008.

Peter Fonagy

Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, UK; Chief Executive of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK; Consultant to the Child and Family Programme, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Harvard Medical Schools, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences and the American Association for Psychological Science; elected to Honorary Fellowship by the American College of Psychiatrists.

Attachment, mentalization and self development

Key references:

• Leichsenring F, Fonagy P, Heim N, et al. Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies. World Psychiatry. 2024 Feb;23(1):4-25
• Aras A, Fonagy P, Campbell C, Rosan C. What do we know about parental embodied mentalizing? A systematic review of the construct, assessment, empirical findings, gaps and further steps. Attach Hum Dev. 2024 Dec;26(6):588-624.
• Luyten P, Campbell C, Allison E, Fonagy P. The Mentalizing Approach to Psychopathology: State of the Art and Future Directions. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2020 May 7;16:297-325.
• Fonagy P, Bateman AW. Adversity, attachment, and mentalizing. Compr Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;64:59-66.
• Fonagy F. Psicoanalisi e teoria dell'attaccamento. Milano: Raffaello Cortina; 2005.

Carmine Pariante

Professor of Biological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK; Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Awarded as 2012 Academic Psychiatrist of the Year (Royal College of Psychiatrists) and 2017 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator.

Stress, disturbi mentali e sistemi immunitari

Key references:

• Lombardo G, Mondelli V, Worrell C, … Pariante C. Disturbed sex hormone milieu in males and females with major depressive disorder and low-grade inflammation. J Affect Disord. 2024 Jul 1;356:167-176. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.018. Epub 2024 Mar 15. PMID: 38494137.
• Pariante CM. Increased Inflammation in Depression: A Little in All, or a Lot in a Few? Am J Psychiatry. 2021 Dec;178(12):1077-1079
• Nettis MA, Pariante CM. Is there neuroinflammation in depression? Understanding the link between the brain and the peripheral immune system in depression. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2020;152:23-40.
• Barnes J, Mondelli V, Pariante CM. Genetic Contributions of Inflammation to Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 Jan;42(1):81-98.
• Pariante CM. Psychoneuroimmunology or immunopsychiatry? Lancet Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;2(3):197-9.

Takahiro A. Kato

Takahiro A. Kato, MD, PhD is an Professor and Chair in Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine (Sapporo, Japan) and the Director (PI) of the Hikikomori Research Lab at Fukuoka & Sapporo, Japan (https://www.hikikomori-lab.com/en). He is a clinical psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, group psychotyerapist and neuropsychodynamic reseacher in psychiatry and neuroscience. He graduated from faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) in 2000, and obrained PhD in 2008 by neuropsychoimmunological research focusing on microglia. After postdoc of JSPS and reserch fellow of Johns Hopkins University, he has setup his lab based on his biopsychosocial translational research backgrounds, and he has established the world-first Hikikomori research clinic in Kyushu University Hospital with domestic and international collaborators to clarify the underlying multi-dimensional pathophysiology of pathological social withdrawal (hikikomori) and modern-type depression. He has proposing the global standard assessment system to evaluate pathological and non-pathological hikikomori, and developing the novel therapeutic approach with biological treatments, psychodynamic psychotherapies and digital technology.

(Publications)

• Reina S, Kubo T, Orsolini L, Matsushima T, Kyuragi S, Matsuo K, Nakao T, Volpe U, Kato TA: Hikikomori Diagnostic Evaluation-Screening Form (HiDE-S): A validation study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences,79(8): 496-497, doi:10.1111/pcn.13837
• Kato TA*, Sartorius N, Shinfuku N: Shifting the paradigm of social withdrawal: A new era of coexisting pathological and non-pathological hikikomori. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 37(3):177-184, 2024
• Kato TA*, Kanba S, Teo AR: Defining pathological social withdrawal: A proposal for diagnostic criteria of hikikomori. World Psychiatry, 19(1), 116-117, 2020
• Kato TA*, Shinfuku N, Sartorius N, Kanba S: Are Japan’s hikikomori and depression in young people spreading abroad? The Lancet, 378, 1070, 2011