Hagop S Akiskal
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Hagop Souren Akiskal is an American psychiatrist best known for his research on temperament and bipolar disorder (manic depression). Born in Syria to Armenian parents, he received his M.D. from the American University of Beirut in 1969. He completed his residency training in psychiatry at University of Wisconsin, Madison, and then worked for several years as a clinician and mood disorders researcher at the University of Tennessee, Memphis. He was senior science advisor at NIMH from 1990-1994, before moving to the University of California, San Diego, where he is currently professor of psychiatry.
He is a highly prolific writer of articles in psychiatry and the editor of several academic journals, including the Journal of Affective Disorders. He has received a number of honors for his work on temperament and bipolar spectrum disorders.
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- Gianni Perugi
- Peter Whybrow
- George Winokur
