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Biography

Dr. Fountoulakis received his medical degree (1989), performed his residency in psychiatry (1998), and earned his PhD in psychiatry (1999) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Until 2003 he served as a medical officer in the Greek Armed forces retired with the rank of major. In 2005, He was a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuropsychiatry, at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. His areas of clinical and research interest are reflected in the topics that he teaches: general psychiatry, biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, mood disorders, schizophrenia and personality disorders. He is an active member of a number of national and international professional organizations, including the EPA, APA, WPA, CINP, ECNP, ISAD, ISBD, EBF and others, peer referee for the Cochrane Collaboration and was most recently a member of the CINP Advisory Board to the Task Force on the Usefulness of Antidepressants and the Mental Health Economics Task Force of the International Psychogeriatric Association. In 2009 was appointed member and in 2012 Chair of the Greek Ministry of Health Committee for the Administrative, Economic and Scientific Supervision of the Mental Health Units of the deinstitutionalization project. He chairs the Private Practice Section, of the WPA and served as Chair of the CINP Credentials and Membership Committee

Research Interest

biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology