Genetic Influences on Response to Drug Treatment for Major Psychiatric Disorders (eBook)

Prof. Janusz K. Rybakowski has been the Head of Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, since 1994. He has authored over 500 scientific articles and book chapters on clinical psychiatry, neurobiology and psychopharmacology and his present Hirsch Index is 40. He is the author of the book “The Faces of Manic-Depressive Illness” (2009) and a member of many scientific societies including ECNP, CINP, Society of Biological Psychiatry, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, International Society of Affective Disorders and International Society of Bipolar Disorders. He serves on editorial boards of numerous international journals and is the Field Editor of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. From 1998-2001 he was the President of the Polish Psychiatric Association. In 2012, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the European Bipolar Forum and in 2015, the Lifetime Achievement Award in Biological Psychiatry.

1. Pharmacogenetics of the Efficacy of Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia.- 2. Pharmacogenetics of Serious Antipsychotic Side-Effects.- 3. Pharmacogenetics of the Efficacy and Side Effects of Antidepressant Drugs.- 4. Genomic Studies of Treatment Resistance in Major Depressive Disorders.- 5. Complementation of Pharmacogenetics with Biomarkers and Neuroimaging in Major Depression.- 6. Pharmacogenetics of Mood Stabilizers.- 7. Practical Application of Pharmacogenetics of Antipsychotic, Antidepressant and Mood-Stabilizing Drugs.