Autor: Alfredo Carlo Altamura

Paolo Brambilla, M.D., Specialist in Psychiatry, Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology and Neurophysiology, is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Milan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UT Houston, USA, Chair of the EPA Neuroimaging Section and Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Affective Disorders.  Since 2005 he has coordinated research studies at the Developmental Psychopathology Research Unit at the IRCCS Scientific Institute “E. Medea”. Prof. Brambilla is a member of the Scientific Boards of the “Imago 7” Foundation, which manages the only MR scanner at ultra high field (7 Tesla) for human research in Italy. He is the recipient of several international scientific honors, of national and international grants, and is the author or co-author of more than 190 original papers published in international peer-reviewed journals.Massimo Carlo Mauri, M.D., Specialist in Psychiatry, Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Psychiatrist, Department of Clinical Psychiatry, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano. Chief of the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, he is member of several professional societies: Italian Society of Psychiatry, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, International Membership American Psychiatric Association, and WPA Section on Pharmacopsychiatry. He published more than 300  papers in national and international journals on Psychopharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Clinical and Biological Psychiatry and acts as a Reviewer for several international journals.  A. Carlo Altamura is Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, IRCCS Foundation Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, University of Milan, Director of Residency of Psychiatry. He is President of the Italian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology, Past President of the Italian Chapter of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders, and President of the Italian Society of Depressive Disorders. Author of 250 publications cited in Pub Med.