ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ Ν. ΦΟΥΝΤΟΥΛΑΚΗΣ Ο Κωνσταντίνος Ν. Φουντουλάκης MD, PhD, είναι Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Ψυχιατρικής στην Ιατρική Σχολή του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, και υπηρετεί στην Γ΄ Πανεπιστημιακή Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του Πανεπιστημιακού Νοσοκομείου ΑΧΕΠΑ. Έλαβε το πτυχίο ιατρικής (1989), την ειδικότητα ψυχιατρικής (1998) και το διδακτορικό του (1999) από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Αριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης. Έλαβε υποτροφία 3 ετών με θέμα «Ψυχοσωματική Ιατρική» καθώς και 1 έτους μεταδιδακτορική υποτροφία από το ΙΚΥ. Μέχρι το 2003 υπηρέτησε ως αξιωματικός του Υγειονομικού του Στρατού Ξηράς και αποστρατεύτηκε με το βαθμό του Επιάτρου. Το 2005 μετεκπαιδεύτηκε σε θέματα λειτουργικής νευροπαθολογίας και νευροαπεικόνισης στην Ψυχιατρική Κλινική του πανεπιστημίου της Γενεύης. Οι τομείς του κλινικού και ερευνητικού ενδιαφέροντός του αντανακλούνται και στα θέματα τα οποία διδάσκει: γενική ψυχιατρική, βιολογική ψυχιατρική, ψυχοφαρμακολογία διαταραχές της διάθεσης, σχιζοφρένεια και διαταραχές προσωπικότητας. Είναι ενεργό μέλος σε αριθμό εθνικών και διεθνών επιστημονικών εταιριών συμπεριλαμβανομένων των EPA, APA, WPA, CINP, ECNP, ISAD, ISBD, EBF, Cochrane Collaboration και άλλων και πρόσφατα ήταν μέλος του Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) Advisory Board to the Task Force on the Usefulness of Antidepressants καθώς και στην Mental Health Economics Task Force of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA). Είναι πρόεδρος της ISNP και από το 2006, ήταν γραμματέας και από το 2008 συμπρόεδρος του Κλάδου Ιδιωτικά Ασκούμενης Ψυχιατρικής της Παγκόσμιας Ψυχιατρικής Εταιρίας. Επίσης είναι πρόεδρος της CINP Credentials and Membership Committee και του Κλάδου Νευροψυχολογικών και Ψυχομετρικών δοκιμασιών της Ελληνικής Ψυχιατρικής Εταιρίας. Είναι επίσης Editor in Chief του διεθνούς περιοδικού Annals of General Psychiatry και Guest Editor του διεθνούς περιοδικού Current Opinion in Psychiatry. Έχει συμμετάσχει στη συγγραφή περισσότερων από 250 εργασίες που παρουσιάστηκαν σε συνέδρια ενώ περισσότερες από 100 έχουν δημοσιευθεί σε διεθνή περιοδικά όπως το LANCET, Biological Psychiatry, International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatry Research, Bipolar Disorders, Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry, και το British Journal of Psychiatry, ανάμεσα στα άλλα, με πάνω από 1000 αναφορές και δείκτη h=19. Έχει συμμετάσχει στη συγγραφή αριθμού κεφαλαίων σε διεθνή βιβλία συμπεριλαμβανομένου του κεφαλαίου για τις Διαταραχές της Διάθεσης στο Wiki project της World Psychiatric Association (WPA). Έχει τιμηθεί με σημαντικά ελληνικά και διεθνή ερευνητικά βραβεία. Το 2009 διορίστηκε από το Υπουργείο Υγείας μέλος της Ειδικής Επιτροπής Διοικητικού Οικονομικού και Διαχειριστικού Ελέγχου των Μονάδων Ψυχικής Υγείας. No 1. 2. Published paper Fountoulakis KN. Was the BALANCE study too balanced? LANCET, 2010 (in press) Fountoulakis KN. Retinal response anomalies in mental patients and high risk relatives. Biological Psychiatry, 2010 (in press) 3. Fountoulakis, K. N., Disruption of biological rhythms as a core problem and therapeutic target in mood disorders: the emerging concept of 'rhythm regulators'. Ann Gen Psychiatry, 2010;9:3 4. Gonda, X., Fountoulakis, K. N., Csukly, G., Telek, T., Pap, D., Rihmer, Z.,Bagdy, G. Association of a trait-like bias towards the perception of negative subjective life events with risk of developing premenstrual symptoms. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010;34:500-505 5. Fountoulakis, K. N., Siamouli, M., Panagiotidis, P., Magiria, S., Kantartzis, S., Papastergiou, N., Shoretsanitis, G., Pantoula, E., Moutou, K., Kouidi, E.,Deres, S. Obesity and smoking in patients with schizophrenia and normal controls: a case-control study. Psychiatry Res 2010;176:13-16 6. Fountoulakis, K. N., Gonda, X., Vieta, E.,Schmidt, F.,. Treatment of psychotic symptoms in bipolar disorder with aripiprazole monotherapy: a meta-analysis. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2009;8: 27 7. Rosa AR, Fountoulakis K, Siamouli M, Gonda X, Vieta E.: Is Anticonvulsant Treatment of Mania a Class Effect? Data from Randomized Clinical Trials. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2009 Dec 15. 8. Fountoulakis KN.: An update of evidence-based treatment of bipolar depression: where do we stand? Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;23(1):19-24. 9. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M.: Re: How well do psychosocial interventions work in bipolar disorder? Can J Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;54(8):578 10. Fountoulakis KN, Vieta E: Efficacy and safety of aripiprazole in the treatment of bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Ann Gen Psychiatry 2009, 8:16 11. Toni C, Perugi G, Frare F, Tusini G, Fountoulakis KN, Akiskal KK, Akiskal HS.: The clinicalfamilial correlates and naturalistic outcome of panic-disorder-agoraphobia with and without lifetime bipolar II comorbidity. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Nov 13;7:23. 12. Fountoulakis KN, Gonda X, Rihmer Z, Fokas C, Iacovides A.: Revisiting the Dexamethasone Suppression Test in unipolar major depression: an exploratory study. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Nov 13;7:22. 13. Fountoulakis KN.: The contemporary face of bipolar illness: complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. CNS Spectr. 2008 Sep;13(9):763-74, 777-9. 14. Fountoulakis KN, Akiskal HS.: Focus on bipolar illness. CNS Spectr. 2008 Sep;13(9):762. 15. Gonda X, Fountoulakis KN, Juhasz G, Rihmer Z, Lazary J, Laszik A, Akiskal HS, Bagdy G.: Association of the s allele of the 5-HTTLPR with neuroticism-related traits and temperaments in a psychiatrically healthy population. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008 Sep 19. 16. Triantafyllou N, Evangelopoulos ME, Kimiskidis VK, Kararizou E, Boufidou F, Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Nikolaou C, Sfagos C, Vlaikidis N, Vassilopoulos D.: Increased plasma homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis and depression. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Sep 9;7:17. 17. Fountoulakis KN, Vieta E.: Treatment of bipolar disorder: a systematic review of available data and clinical perspectives. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2008 Nov;11(7):999-1029. 18. Fountoulakis KN, Gonda X, Siamouli M, Rihmer Z.: Psychotherapeutic intervention and suicide risk reduction in bipolar disorder: A review of the evidence. J Affect Disord. 2009;113:21–29. 19. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Panagiotidis P, Magiria S, Kantartzis S, Iacovides A, Kaprinis GS: Ultra short manic-like episodes after antidepressant augmentation with modafinil. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 2008;32(3):891-2 20. Fountoulakis KN, Grunze H, Panagiotidis P, Kaprinis G: Treatment of Bipolar Depression: An update. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2008;109:21-34 21. Gonda X, Fountoulakis KN, Rihmer Z, Lazary J, Laszik A, Akiskal KK, Akiskal HS, Bagdy G.: Towards a genetically validated new affective temperament scale: A delineation of the temperament 'phenotype' of 5-HTTLPR using the TEMPS-A. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2009;112(1-3):19-29. 22. Fountoulakis KN, Giannakopoulos P, Kövari E, Bouras C: Assessing the role of cingulate cortex in bipolar disorder: neuropathological, structural and functional imaging data Brain Research Reviews 2008 Nov;59(1):9-21 23. Fountoulakis KN, Leucht S, Kaprinis G: Personality disorders and violence. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2008;21:84-92 24. Fountoulakis KN, Panagiotidis PT, Siamouli M, Magiria S, Sokolaki S, Kantartzis S, Rova K, Papastergiou N, Shoretstanitis G, Oral T, Mavridis T, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G.: Development of a Standardized Scoring Method for the Graphic Sequence Test Suitable for Use in Psychiatric Populations. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. 2008 Mar;21(1):18-27 25. Sartorius N, Baghai TC, Baldwin DS, Barrett B, Brand U, Fleischhacker W, Goodwin G, Grunze H, Knapp M, Leonard BE, Lieberman J, Nakane Y, Pinder RM, Schatzberg AF, Svestka J, Baumann P, Ghalib K, Markowitz JC, Padberg F, Fink M, Furukawa T, Fountoulakis KN, Jensen P, Kanba S, Riecher-Rössler A.: Antidepressant medications and other treatments of depressive disorders: a CINP Task Force report based on a review of evidence. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007;10:S1–S207. 26. Fountoulakis KN, Magiria S, Siamouli M, Panagiotidis P, Nimatoudis I, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G: A seven-year follow-up of an extremely refractory bipolar I patient CNS Spectrums, 2007;12(10):733-734 27. Fountoulakis KN, Vieta E, Siamouli M, Valenti M, Magiria S, Oral T, Fresno D, Giannakopoulos P, Kaprinis G: Treatment of bipolar disorder: a complex treatment for a multi-facet disorder. Annals of General Psychiatry, 2007; Oct 9;6(1):27 28. Siamouli M, Magiria S, Panagiotidis P, Spyridi S, Sokolaki S, Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis G: Advances in the treatment of geriatric depression. Aging Health, August 2007; 3(4):495-507. 29. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Magiria S, Kaprinis G. Late-Life Depression, Religiosity, Cerebrovascular Disease, Cognitive Impairment and Attitudes Towards Death in the Elderly: Interpreting the Data. Med Hypothesis, in press 30. Gonda X, Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis G, Rihmer Z: Prediction and prevention of suicide in patients with unipolar depression and anxiety. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Sep 5;6(1):23 31. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Karamouzis M, Kaprinis GS, Ierodiakonou C.: Season of birth, clinical manifestations and Dexamethasone Suppression Test in unipolar major depression. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Aug 3;6:20 32. Fountoulakis KN, Vieta E, Bouras C, Notaridis G, Giannakopoulos P, Kaprinis G, Akiskal H: A systematic review of existing data on long term lithium therapy: Neuroprotective or neurotoxic? International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007 May 17;:1-19 33. Panagiotidis P, Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Magiria S, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G.: Risperidoneinduced sialorrhea responsive to biperiden treatment. Schizophrenia Research, in press 34. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A., Karamouzis M, Gerasimou G, Grammatikos Ph, Fotiou F, Kaprinis G: Is it Possible to Predict Response to Venlafaxine With the Use of Biological Markers and Psychophysiological Methods? Journal of Affective Disorders, 2007;99:155-163 35. Fountoulakis KN, Panagiotidis P, Siamouli M, Kantartzis S, Mavridis T, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G Amisulpride-induced Tardive Dyskinesia. Schizophrenia Research, 2006;88:232-234 36. Fountoulakis KN, Samolis S, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G: Ecchymoses as an adverse effect of fluoxetine treatment. Psychiatry Research, in press 37. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A., Kaprinis SG, Kaprinis GS.: Life events and Clinical Subtypes of Major Depression: A cross-sectional study. Psychiatry Research, 2006 Aug 30;143(2-3):235-44. 38. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Siamouli M, Koumaris V., Kaprinis G.: Successful treatment of anorexia with a combination of olanzapine, fluoxetine and mirtazapine at high doses: A case report. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2006;9(44):452-453 39. Fountoulakis KN, Kantartzis S, Siamouli M, Panagiotidis P, Kaprinis SG, Kourila E, Iacovides A, Kaprinis GS: Beneficial effect of long-acting injectable risperidone on the neurocognitive deficit of a schizophrenic patient: a case report. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics in press 40. Fountoulakis KN, Bech P, Panagiotidis P, Siamouli M, Kaltartzis S, Papadopoulou A, Papadopoulou M, Kaprinis S, Koyrila E, Iacovides A, Kaprinis GS: Comparison of depressive indices: Reliability, validity, relationship to anxiety and personality and the role of age and life events. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2007;97:187-195 41. Leucht S, Fountoulakis K.: Improvement of the physical health of people with mental illness. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2006 Jul;19(4):411-2 42. Fountoulakis KN, Papadopoulou M., Kleanthous S, Papadopoulou A., Bizeli V., Nimatoudis I., Iacovides A, Kaprinis GS: Reliability and psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the StateTrait Anxiety Inventory form Y: Preliminary data. Annals of General Psychiatry, 2006, 5:2 43. Martinez-Aran A, Vieta E, Torrent C, Sanchez-Moreno J, Goikolea JM, Salamero M, Malhi GS, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Daban C, Alvarez-Grandi S, Fountoulakis K, Kaprinis G, Tabares-Seisdedos R, Ayuso-Mateos JL. Functional outcome in bipolar disorder: The role of clinical and cognitive factors. Bipolar Disorders, 2007;9:103-113 44. Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis G: Personality Disorders: New data vs. old concepts. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2006;19:90-94 45. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Kantartzis S, Panagiotidis P, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G: Acute dystonia with low-dosage of aripiprazole in a Tourette’s disorder patient. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2006 Apr;40(4):775-7. Impact Factor: (εργασία αρ) 46. Fountoulakis KN, Kantartzis S, Siamouli M, Panagiotidis P, Kaprinis S, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G: Peripheral Thyroid Dysfunction in depression: a review. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2006;7(3):131-7. 47. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Fotiou F, Kaprinis G.: Changes in the pupil reflex arc in depressive patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2005 Aug;87(2-3):341-2 Impact Factor: (εργασία αρ) 48. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M., Fotiou F, Kaprinis GS: Comment on the paper: Bar KJ, Boettger MK, Till S, Dolicek J, Sauer H: Lateralization of papillary light reflex parameters. Clin Neurophysiol, 2005;116:790-798 (Clinical Neurophysiology, 2005; Aug 22) 49. Fountoulakis KN, Vieta E, Sanchez-Moreno J, Kaprinis S.G, Goikolea J.M., Kaprinis G.S.: Treatment Guidelines for Bipolar disorder: A critical review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2005;86:1-10 50. Fountoulakis KN, Fotiou F, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G: Is there a dysfunction in the visual system of depressed patients? Annals of General Psychiatry 2005, 4:7 51. Fountoulakis ΚΝ, Kaprinis St.G, Iacovides A, Phokas K, Kaprinis G: Are Dexamethasone Suppression Test Non-Suppression and Thyroid Dysfunction Related to a Family History of Dementia in Patients with Major Depression? An Exploratory Study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2005;50:342-345 52. Fountoulakis KN: Annals of General Psychiatry (editorial). Annals of General Psychiatry 2005, 4:3 53. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Fotiou F, Karamouzis M, Demetriadou A, Kaprinis G.: Relationship among Dexamethasone Suppression Test, personality disorders and stressful life events in clinical subtypes of major depression: An exploratory study. Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry. 2004 Dec 14;3(1):15) 54. Fountoulakis KN, Nimatoudis I., Iacovides A., Kaprinis G. St.: Off-Label indications for Atypical Antipsychotics: A Systematic Review. Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry, 2004;3:4 55. Fountoulakis KN, Nimatoudis I, Iacovides A, Kaprinis GS: Report of three cases that received maintenance treatment with risperidone as a mood stabilizer Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004, 3:10 56. Editors and WHO November 2003 Group. Galvanising mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: Role of scientific journals. Ann Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2004 Mar 1;3(1):5. Editors of Scientific Journals Publishing Mental Health Research. Galvanizing mental health research in low- and middle- income countries: the role of scientific journals. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2004 Jul;74(3):389-92. [No authors listed] Galvanising mental health research in low-and middle-income countries: role of scientific journals. Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc. 2004 Jan-Mar;13(1):66-9. [No authors listed] Galvanizing mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: role of scientific journals. Bull World Health Organ. 2004 Mar;82(3):226-8. WHO. Galvanizing mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: role of scientific journals. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2004 Jul;110(1):77-9. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization. Galvanizing mental health research in low and middle-income countries: role of scientific journals. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2004 May;38(5):276-9. 57. Fountoulakis K.N., Kaprinis S.G., Kaprinis G.S: Geriatric depression: a challenge for the 21st century Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research. 2004;16(3):173-5 58. Iakovides S, Iliadou V, Kaprinis S, Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis GS: Psychoacoustics of music: Perception of complex sound in normal subjects and psychiatric patients. Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry, (2004 Mar 29;3(1):6) 59. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A., Grammaticos Ph, Kaprinis G, Bech P: Thyroid Function and Clinical Subtypes of Major Depression: An exploratory study. BMC Psychiatry 2004;4:6 60. Fountoulakis K.N., Iacovides A., Kaprinis G.St.: Successful treatment with Amisulpride of a woman with Tourette’s disorder: A case report The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2004 May;38(5):901. 61. Fountoulakis K.N., O’Hara R., Iacovides A., Camilleri C.P., Kaprinis S.G., Kaprinis G.S., Yesavage J.: Unipolar late-onset depression: A comprehensive review. Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2003, 2:11 62. Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis, Apostolos Iacovides, Soula Kleanthous, Stavros Samolis, Kyriakos Gougoulias, George St. Kaprinis, Per Bech: The Greek Translation of the Symptoms Rating Scale For Depression and Anxiety: preliminary results of the validation study BMC Psychiatry 2003, 3:21 63. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Gerasimou G, Fotiou F, Ioannidou Ch, Bascialla F, Greammaticos Ph, Kapinis G.: The relationship of regional cerebral blood flow with subtypes of major depression. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 2004;28(3): 537-546 64. K.N. Fountoulakis, G. St. Kaprinis, F. Fotiou: Is there a Role for Pupillometry in the Diagnostic Approach of Alzheimer’s Disease? -A Review of the Data. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2004 January;Vol. 52(1):166-168 65. Tsiptsios I., Fountoulakis K.N., Sitzoglou K., Papanicolaou A., Phokas K., Fotiou F., Kaprinis G: Clinical and neuroimaging correlates of abnormal short-latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in elderly vascular dementia patients: A psychophysiological exploratory study. Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry, 2003;2:8 66. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Fotiou F, Nimatoudis J, Bascialla F, Ioannidou Ch, Kaprinis G, Bech P: Neurobiological and psychological correlates of suicidal attempts and thoughts of death in patients with Major Depression. Neuropsychobiology. 2004; 49(1): 42-52. 67. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, St Kaprinis G.: Combined oral venlafaxine and intravenous clomipramine-A: successful temporary response in a patient with extremely refractory depression. Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Jan;49(1):73-4 68. Despos A., Fountoulakis K.N., Iacovides S., Papadopoulou M., Kaprinis G.: Legal and Socio-political dimensions of Alzheimer’ Disease in Greece, Part I: insurance, pension and infrastructure issues. Bold : quarterly journal of the International Institute on Aging (United Nations - Malta).: 2003;13(3):3-5 69. Despos A., Fountoulakis K.N., Iacovides S., Papadopoulou M., Kaprinis G.: Legal and Socio-political dimensions of Alzheimer’ Disease in Greece, Part II: Self-determination and patients’ rights. Bold : quarterly journal of the International Institute on Aging (United Nations - Malta).: 2003;13(3):6-9 70. Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis St.G., Kaprinis G, Iacovides A., Fotiou F.: Biological Markers and Psychophysiological Methods as Long-Term Response Predictors to Fluoxetine Treatment. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2004;80(2-3):291-2 71. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Kleanthous S, Samolis S, Gougoulias K, Tsiptsios I, Kaprinis G, Bech P: Reliability, validity and psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the Major Depression Inventory. BMC Psychiatry 2003, 3:2 72. FOUNTOULAKIS KN, IACOVIDES A, KAPRINIS S.G., KAPRINIS G.ST. DIFFUSE MUSCLE PAIN AFTER QUATIEPINE ADMINISTRATION. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 2003 JAN;182:81. 73. KN Fountoulakis, A. Iacovides, Ch. Ioannidou, F. Bascialla, I. Nimatoudis, G. Kaprinis, A. Janca, A. Dahl: Reliability and cultural applicability of the Greek version of the International Personality Disorders Examination. BMC Psychiatry 2002 May 17;2(1):6. 74. KN Fountoulakis, St. G. Kaprinis, G. St. Kaprinis: Special Characteristics of the Neuropsychological Assessment of the Elderly in Greece. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2002;17(5):273-276 75. Iacovides Α, Fountoulakis ΚΝ, Balaskas E, Manika A, Markopoulou M, Kaprinis G, Tourkantonis A: Relationship of Age and Psychosocial Factors with Biological Ratings in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Dialysis. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research 2002 Oct;14(5):354-60 76. Kaprinis G.S., Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis SG: Arguments Against the Cognitive Dysmetria Hypothesis of Schizophrenia Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2002;94:975-984 77. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Samolis S, Kleanthous S, Kaprinis SG, Kaprinis GS, Bech P: Reliability, Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Greek Translation of the Zung Depression Rating Scale BMC Psychiatry, 2001;1:6 78. Iacovides A, Fountoulakis KN, Fotiou F, Kaprinis G.: Relationship of Personality Disorders to DSM-IV Subtypes of Major Depression. Can J Psychiatry 2002;47(2):196-197 79. O’Hara R, Derouesné Ch, Fountoulakis KN, Yesavage J: Therapeutic approaches to age-associated neurocognitive disorders Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 2001;3(3):191-213 80. Fountoulakis KN, Fotiou F, Iacovides A, Karamouzis M, Goulas A, Demetriadou A, Kaprinis G: Relationship between pupillometric findings, DST and melancholia. Acta Psychiatrica Belgica 2001;101:202-235 81. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Kleanthous S, Samolis S, Kaprinis SG, Sitzoglou K, Kaprinis GS, Per Bech: Reliability, Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Greek Translation of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale. BMC Psychiatry 2001;1(1):3. 82. Fountoulakis KN, Karamouzis M, Iacovides A, Nimatoudis J, Diakogiannis J, Kaprinis G, Demitriadou A, Bech P: Morning and Evening Plasma Melatonin and Dexamethasone Suppression Test in NonSeasonal Major Depressive Patients from Northern Greece (Latitude 40-41.5o) Neuropsychobiology. 2001;44(3):113-7. 83. Iacovides A, Fountoulakis KN, Kaprinis St., Kaprinis G: The Relationship Between Job Stress, Burnout and Clinical Depression: A Comprehensive Review Journal of Affective Disorder, 2003;75:209-221 84. Tsolaki M, Sakka V, Gerasimou G, Dimacopoulos N, Chatzizisi O, Fountoulakis KN, Kyriazis G, Papanastasiou J, Kazis A: Correlation of rCBF (SPECT), CSF tau and Cognitive Function in Patients with Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type, other Types of Dementia and Control Subjects. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 2001;16(1):21-31 85. Fotiou F, Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G.: Pattern-Reversed Visual Evoked Potentials in Subtypes of Major Depression Psychiatry Research 2003 Jun 15;118(3):259-71 86. Fountoulakis KN, Tsolaki M, Kazis A.: Investigation of ‘borderline’ dementia cases especially of Alzheimer’s type in comparison to non demented patients with similar neuropsychological profile. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2001;5:55-61 87. Tsiptsios I, Fotiou F, Fountoulakis K, Sitzoglou K: Neurophysiological Investigation of Cervical Spondylosis. Electromyography and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2001;41:305-313 88. Fountoulakis KN, Fotiou F, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G.: Do Depressive Patients With Family History of Dementia Constitute a Separate Group? A Case Report Study. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2000; 4: 215-222 89. Fotiou F, Fountoulakis KN: Evidence for a Central Cholinergic Deficit in Myasthenia Gravis. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2000 (Fall);12(4):514-515 90. Fountoulakis K., Tsolaki M., Chantzi H., Kazis A.: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE): A Validation Study in Greece. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 2000; 15(6): 342-345. 91. Tsolaki M., Fountoulakis K.N, Chantzi H., Kazis A.: The Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG): A Validation Study in Outpatients Suffering from Dementia and Non-demented Elderly Subjects (including Age Associated Cognitive Decline patients) in Greece. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 2000; 15(5): 269-276 92. Fotiou F, Fountoulakis KN, Goulas A, Alexopoulos L, Palikaras A: Automated Standardized Pupilometry with Optical Method for Purposes of Clinical Practice and Research Clinical Physiology, 2000;20(5):336-347 93. Fountoulakis KN., Tsolaki M., Paulopoulos H., Kazis A.: The Validation of Epidemiological Dementia Index (EDI) in Geriatric Outpatients International Psychogeriatrics, 2000;12(2): 195-208 94. Fountoulakis KN, Tsolaki M, Kazis A: Τarget Symptoms for Fluvoxamine in Geriatric Depression International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2000;4: 127-134 95. Mousleh J, Iacovides A, Yovos J, Fountoulakis K, Kazakos K, Karagianni L, Vlachogiannis A, Ierodiakonou Ch.: Psychiatric Morbidity and Metabolic Control in Diabetic Patients German Journal of Psychiatry, 2000;3(1):1-13 (http://www.gwdg.de/~bbandel/gjp-articles.html) 96. Tsolaki M., Fountoulakis K.N, Nakopoulou E., Kazis A.: The Effect of Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy with Venlafaxine in Geriatric Depression. International Journal of Geriatric Psychopharmacology, 2000; 2(2): 83-85 97. Fotiou F, Fountoulakis KN, Tsolaki M, Goulas A, Palikaras A: Changes in the Pupil Reaction to Light in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2000; 37(1):111-120 98. Iacovides A., Fountoulakis K., Grammaticos P., Ierodiakonou C.: Difference in Symptoms Profile Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Anxiety Secondary to Hyperthyroidism. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2000; 30(1): 71-81 99. Tsolaki M.,Karamouzis M.,Fountoulakis K., Katse E., Kazis A.: Are Serum Melatonin Levels a Marker for the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia? German Journal of Psychiatry, 2000;3:1-11 (http//www.gwdg.de/~bbandel/gjp-article-tsolaki.html) 100. Fountoulakis KN: The Role of Functional Neuroimaging in Contemporary Psychiatry (Editorial) Nuclear Medicine Review-CEE 1999;2(2):54-59 101. Fountoulakis KN, Tsolaki M, Kazis A: Does Cognitive Disorder Affect Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy in Geriatric Depression? International Journal of Geriatric Psychopharmacology, 1999;2:28-32 102. Iacovides A., Fountoulakis K.N., Moysidou Ch., Ierodiakonou Ch: Burnout in Nursing Staff: Is There a Relationship Between Depression and Burnout? International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 1999;29(4):421-433 103. Iacovides A., Fountoulakis K., Ierodiakonou Ch.: Is it Possible to Predict Burnout in Nursing Staff and its Possible Progression to Depression? Primary Care Psychiatry, 1999;5: 77-78 104. Fountoulakis K, Fotiou F, Iacovides A, Goulas A, Tsolaki M, Ierodiakonou Ch: Changes in Pupil Reaction to Light in Melancholic patients International Journal of Psychophysiology 1999;31:121-128 105. Fountoulakis KN, Tsolaki M, Iacovides A, Yesavage J, O’Hara R , Kazis A, Ierodiakonou Ch: The Validation of the Short Form of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in Greece Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research (Milano), 1999;11(6):367-372 106. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Nimatoudis I, Kaprinis G, Ierodiakonou Ch: Comparison of the Diagnosis of Melancholic and Atypical Features According to DSM-IV and Somatic Syndrome According to ICD-10 In Patients Suffering from Major Depression. European Psychiatry, 1999;14(8):426-434 107. Fotiou F, Koutlas E, Tsorlinis I, Dimitriadis A, Fountoulakis K., Tsiptsios I., Sitzoglou K., Karampatakis V, Stangos N.: The Value of Neurophysiological and MRI Assessment for the Prognosis of Demyelinating Optic Neuritis (DON). Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1999;39: 397-404 108. Tsolaki M, Fountoulakis C, Pavlopoulos I, Chatzi E, Kazis A: Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementing disorders in Pilea, Greece American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 1999;14 (3): 138148. 109. Fotiou F, Goulas A, Fountoulakis K, Koutlas E, Hamlatzis P, Papakostopoulos D: Changes in Psychophysiological Processing of Vision In Myasthenia Gravis. International Journal of Psychophysiology 1998;29:303-310 110. Fountoulakis K, Kogiopoulos K, Nikolaou T, Nimatoudis I, Ierodiakonou Ch: Images of Mental Disorders in the Popular Greek Movies (1945-1971) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1998;98:336-340 111. Fountoulakis K.N., Tsolaki M., Mohs R.C, Kazis A.: Epidemiologic Dementia Index (EDI): A Screening Instrument for Dementia Suitable for Use in Populations with Low Education Level. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 1998;9:329-338 112. Sitzoglou K, Fotiou F, Tsiptsios I, Tsonidis Ch, Fountoulakis K, Papakostopoulos D, Tsitsopoulos Ph: Dermatomal SEP’s-A Complementary Study in Evaluuating Patients with Lumbosacral Disc Prolapse. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 1997; 25: 221-226 113. Tsolaki M, Fountoulakis K, Nakopoulou E, Kazis A, Mohs RC: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale -ADAS : The Validation of the Scale in Greece in Elderly Demented Patients and Normal Subjects Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 1997;8:273-280 114. Iacovides A., Fountoulakis K., Moysidou Ch., Ierodiakonou Ch.: Burnout in Nursing Staff: A Clinical Syndrome Rather Than a Psychological Reaction? General Hospital Psychiatry, 1997;19(6):419-429 115. Tsolaki M, Fountoulakis K, Chantzi E, Kazis A: Risk Factors for Clinically Diagnosed Alzheimer’s Disease: A Case-Control Study of a Greek Population. International Psychogeriatrics 1997;(3):327-341