111021_02_RisperdalConsta_Deltoid_Advert 170x240.pdf 2/5/2013 7:46:18 μμ C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Dear colleagues, After the great success of ICNP2011, this third Congress aims again at being useful for the clinician who fights everyday in the first line for the treatment of real-world patients. In this frame, our goal is to provide a global and comprehensive update of the newest developments in Psychiatry and the allied sciences, in a way which should be both focused and enriched. Once more, many world experts have been invited to share with us their knowledge and experience, again under the support and guidance of the World Psychiatric Association and the Auspices of the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and important international associations. The central axis is the teaching and application of clinical useful new knowledge with special focus on the informed treatment with psychopharmacological agents in a truly multidisciplinary approach. Although the congress will embrace high tech research concerning psychopathology, new treatment methods, genetics and molecular biology, it also aims to put the emphasis on the human factor, both the therapist and the patient. Because apart from the humanistic tradition of psychiatry and allied sciences, the continuous and unconditional investment on the high level training of professionals and the education of patients and their families, has emerged as a significant challenge during the last few decades. Citizen empowerment should be the ultimate goal. Medical scientists and public health policy makers are increasingly concerned that the scientific discoveries are failing to be translated efficiently into tangible human benefit. Today, in an all the more complex and technologically advanced environment, the human factor emerges again as the most valuable one, the factor that determines the final outcome. We count on your active participation through the presentation of your work on any of the thematic topics of the congress. Your scientific contribution will be most welcomed and your particular contributions highly appreciated. As hosts and organizers, we shall spare no effort in making your participation scientifically rewarding and meaningful and your stay in Thessaloniki and Greece as enjoyable as possible. Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis As. Professor of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Chair of the Organizing Committee 3rd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance 5 Main Topics Organizing Committee The main topics of the Congress are the following: • Abnormal Psychology • Neurophysiology • Animal Models • Neuropsychobiology • Anxiety disorders • Neuropsychoendocrinology • Basic Neuroscience • Non pharmacological biological therapies • Behavioural disorders • Nosology and classification • Bioethics • Personality • Biological rhythms • Pharmacogenetics • Biomedical Technology • Psychiatric Genetics • Childhood and adolescence disorders • Psychobiology • Clinical Psychiatry • Psychogeriatrics • Clinical Psychopharmacology • Psychoimmunology • Dementia • Psycholinguistics • Developmental Psychology • Psychometrics • Drug development • Psychopathology • Eating disorders • Psychopharmacology • Evidence-based psychiatry • Psychophysiology • Experimental Psychology • Psychosocial and other non-biological • Experimental Psychopharmacology therapies and interventions • Forensic Psychiatry • Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders • Health Economics and Quality of Life • Sexual behaviour and disorders • Information technology and neuroscience • Sleep • Learning abilities and disabilities • Social Psychiatry • Major disaster and mental health • Stress • Memory and cognitive disorders • Substance abuse and dependence • Methodology in Psychiatric research • Suicide • Molecular Psychiatry • Temperament • Mood disorders • Transcultural Psychiatry • Neural Networks • Treatment guidelines • Neuroimaging • Violence • Neuropsychology 6 Honorary Chair of the Congress: Norman Sartorius (Switzerland) Organizing Committee Chairman: Fountoulakis K.N. (Greece) Members: Abatzoglou N. (Greece) Kouvelas D. (Greece) Akiskal H. (USA) Kuey L. (Turkey) Andreasen N. (USA) Lecic Tosevski D. (Serbia) Angelopoulos N. (Greece) Liappas I. (Greece) Angst J. (Switzerland) Livaditis M. (Greece) Bauer M. (Germany) Lopez-Ibor J. (Spain) Bouras C. (Switzerland) Lykouras L. (Greece) Bozikas V.P. (Greece) Maj M. (Italy) Buchsbaum M. (USA) Milev R (Canada) Carlsson A. (Sweeden) Moeller H.J. (Germany) Christodoulou G. (Greece) Moussaoui D. (Morocco) Csernansky J. (USA) Myronidou-Tzouveleki M. (Greece) Degleris N. (Greece) Nimatoudis I. (Greece) Diakogiannis I. (Greece) Okasha A. (Egypt) Dikaios D. (Greece) Okasha T. (Egypt) Douzenis A. (Greece) Orologas A. (Greece) Erfurth A. (Austria) Perugi G. (Italy) Figueira M.L. (Portugal) Pinto O. (Brazil) Fotiou F (Greece) Polyzoidis K. (Greece) Gaebel W. (Germany) Ribakowski J. (Poland) Garyfallos G. (Greece) Rihmer Z. (Hungary) Gelenberg A. (USA) Rujescu D. (Germany) Giannacopoulos P. (Switzerland) Sartorius N. (Switzerland) Giouzepas I. (Greece) Serretti A. (Italy) Gonda X. (Hungary) Simos G. (Greece) Goodwin G. (UK) Sitzoglou K. (Greece) Grunze H. (UK) Soldatos C.R. (Greece) Halaris A. (USA) Souery D. (Belgium) Hantouche E. (France) Stein D. (South Africa) Hoschl C. (Czech Republic) Taskos N. (Greece) Iacovides A. (Greece) Touloumis Ch. (Greece) Ierodiaconou-Benou I. (Greece) Tsiptsios J. (Greece) Janca A. (Australia) Tzavaras N. (Greece) Karakioulakis G. (Greece) Vartzopoulos D. (Greece) Karam E. (Lebanon) Vieta E. (Spain) Kargopoulos F. (Greece) Vlaikidis N. (Greece) Karlovasitou A. (Greece) Wegener G. (Denmark) Kasper S. (Austria) Yamawaki S. (Japan) Kokkas V. (Greece) Yesavage J. (USA) Kontaxakis V. (Greece) Zilikis N. (Greece) Koukopoulos A. (Italy) 7 Scientific Committee Chairman: Akiskal H. S. (USA) Members: Agam G. (Israel) Ginieri-Coccossis M. (Greece) Marinov P. (Bulgaria) Akdeniz F. (Turkey) Gold G. (Switzerland) Mouzas O. (Greece) Amini H. (Iran) Gournellis R. (Greece) Nemeth A. (Hungary) Anagnostopoulos D. (Greece) Grbesa G.B. (Serbia) Nierenberg A. (USA) Andreasen O. (Norway) Grigoriadis N. (Greece) Oral T. (Turkey) Andreou Ch. (Germany) Grigoriou P. (Greece) Oulis P. (Greece) Andreoulakis E. (Greece) Hashimoto K. (Japan) Ozerdem A. (Turkey) Angelopoulos E. (Greece) Hauser P. (USA) Pani L. (Italy) Honorary Committee Anogiannakis G. (Greece) Havaki-Kontaxaki B. (Greece) Papageorgiou G. (Greece) Arboleda-Florez J. (Canada) Hranov L. (Bulgaria) Papaioannidou P. (Greece) Artemis N. (Greece) Hyphantis T. (Greece) Papakostas G. (USA) Awad G. (Canada) Iliadou V. (Greece) Papakostas Y. (Greece) Azorin J.M. (France) Iscaacson G. (Sweden) Paparigopoulos T. (Greece) Bech P. (Denmark) Janka Z. (Hungary) Paraskevopoulos N. (Greece) Bitsios P. (Greece) Juhasz G. (Hungary) Pavlidis I. (Greece) Bitter I. (Hungary) Kahn R. (The Netherlands) Pechlivanidis A. (Greece) Bobes J. (Spain) Kapur S. (UK) Perrin R. (UK) Botbol M. (France) Kastrup M. (Denmark) Petridis V. (Greece) Botsis A. (Greece) Kelsoe J. (USA) Petrikis P. (Greece) Bowden C. (USA) Kimiskidis V. (Greece) Pi E. (USA) Bunevicius R. (Lithuania) Koichev G. (Bulgaria) Pillilng S. (UK) Local Organizing and Advisory Committee Camara-Pestana L. (Portugal) Kokkevi A. (Greece) Pinder R. (The Netherlands) Cetin M. (Turkey) Kollias K. (Greece) Puri B. (UK) Chatziioanou A. (Greece) Konsta T. (Greece) Rancans E. (Latvia) Chatzileontiadis L. (Greece) Konstantinidis A. (Austria) Reshetnikov M. (Russia) Colom F. (Spain) Kontis D. (Greece) Riba M. (USA) Cookson J. (UK) Kosmidou M. (Greece) Ristic D. (Serbia) Den Boer J. (The Netherlands) Kostic V. (Serbia) Rizos E. (Greece) DiFiorino M. (Italy) Kouniakis F. (Greece) Rujescu D. (Germany) Diler R.S. (USA) Kovari E. (Switzerland) Sachs G. (USA) Dimelis D. (Greece) Lazaratou E. (Greece) Sakkas P. (Greece) Dittmann S. (Germany) Lerer B. (Israel) Samakouri M. (Greece) Djukic Dejanovic S. (Serbia) Leucht S. (Germany) Samolis S. (Greece) Donchev T. (Bulgaria) Licht R. (Denmark) Sardeli Ch. (Greece) Fagiolini A. (Italy) Lionis Ch. (Greece) Schmidt F. (USA) Falkai P. (Germany) Mageiria S. (Greece) Shrivastava A. (Canada) Faludi G. (Hungary) Malliori M. (Greece) Siamouli M. (Greece) Ferentinos P. (Greece) Mandelli L. (Italy) Silverstone P. (Canada) Fleischhacker W. (Austria) Manolopoulos E. (Greece) Siotis Ch. (Greece) Foroglou N. (Greece) Mantas Ch. (Greece) Siouti E. (Greece) Galderisi S. (Italy) Marazziti D. (Italy) Skapinakis P. (Greece) Giannopoulou I. (Greece) Margariti M. (Greece) Soghoyan A. (Armenia) 8 Sotiriou M. (Greece) Treasaden I. (UK) Varsou E. (Greece) Stahl S. (USA) Trivedi JK. (India) Vaslamatzis G. (Greece) Stefanis N. (Greece) Tsalouchidu S. (Italy) Vazquez G. (Argentina) Stefanova E. (Serbia) Tsalta E. (Greece) Vidalis A. (Greece) Stewart D. (Canada) Tsapaki E. (Greece) Vukovic O. (Serbia) Suh G.H. (Korea) Tsolaki M. (Greece) Yatham L. (Canada) Tandon R. (USA) Tsopelas C. (Greece) Yazici O. (Turkey) Taylor D. (UK) Typaldou M. (Greece) Yildiz A. (Turkey) Tohen M. (USA) Tzavaras N. (Greece) Zervas I. (Greece) Tomaras V. (Greece) Vahip S. (Turkey) Zohar J. (Israel) Toni Ch. (Italy) Vaidakis N. (Greece) Honorary Committee Chairman: Moeller H.J. (Germany) Members: Andreasen N. (USA) Giouzepas I. (Greece) Moussaui D. (Morocco) Angst J. (Switzerland) Ierodiakonou Ch. (Greece) Okasha A. (Egypt) Awad G. (Canada) Koukopoulos A. (Italy) Sartorius N. (Switzerland) Carlsson A. (Sweeden) Lopez-Ibor J. (Spain)