Argyris Stringaris
Chief
Mood Brain & Development UnitÂ
National Institute of Mental Health NCNP
Japan
Biography
Argyris Stringaris, MD, PhD, MRCPsych researches and treats depression and related conditions in young people. He trained in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital in London (MRCPsych) and received his PhD from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He served as an Attending Physician (Consultant Psychiatrist) at the National and Specialist Mood Disorder Clinic at the Maudsley and was a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry. He held an advanced Wellcome Trust fellowship and his research was funded by the National Institute of Health Research and the UK Biomedical Centre. His work on mood disorders has been awarded the 2014 Klingenstein Foundation Prize by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the 2010 Research Prize from the European Psychiatric Association (EPA). His most recent book (co-authored with Eric Taylor) was published by Oxford University Press and awarded a High Commendation by the British Medical Association (2016).
Research Interest
improve the treatment of young people with depression