Christos D. Androutsos is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Athens. He specialized in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Department of Adolescent Psychiatry of the "G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens and the Department of Child Psychiatric of the University of Athens at the "Agia Sofia” Children's Hospital. At the end of his specialization (2000), he went to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience - King's College London, in the UK-http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx, where he completed a Master of Science in Neuroscience (2001) and worked as a full-time research fellow at the Section of Neurobiology of Psychosis (Head: Prof. Sophia Frangou / Division of Psychological Medicine - Chairman: Prof. Robin M. Murray). In this context he has worked in two main research projects:
1) Maudsley Study on Early Onset Schizophrenia.
This was a broad-based, longitudinal clinical study that included neuroimaging, neuropsychological, neurochemical, neurogenic and neuropsychopharmacological approaches.
2) Maudsley Bipolar Disorder Project. At the same time, he also participated as a regular member in the activities of the Psychosis Interest Group as well as in a wide range of educational activities.
Following the completion of his postgraduate studies, Dr. Androutsos returned to Athens and since August 2005 he has joined the National Health System, in which he makes use of the experience and knowledge he has acquired, while he also continued his collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow.
Since January 2009, he has joined the newly founded Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Sismanoglio General Hospital and has contributed to the establishment of the Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, where he is currently working as Head of the unit. This unit provides specialized services for teenagers aged 14-18 with serious psychopathology issues from all over Greece.
The current clinical and research activity of Dr. Androutsos focuses on the psychoses and major affective disorders in adolescence, on Tourette's syndrome and related disorders, and on pediatric psychopharmacology, and it is reflected in a series of publications and presentations in Greek and international scientific journals and conferences. In particular, up to this day, he has published 13 papers (with 235 PubMed Citations) in international journals, 6 publications in Greek journals and books, and 50 scientific presentations, 15 of which in international conferences and 35 in Greek conferences (distinguished participant in 29 of them). In addition, he acts as peer reviewer in a number of accredited scientific journals, including: British Journal of Psychiatry, European Psychiatry, European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also a nominated expert of the European Medicines Agency for pediatric psychopharmacology on behalf of the Greek National Medicines Organization.
In addition to the aforementioned trainings, he has attended special courses and seminars which concern, among others, the following fields: Clinical Psychopathology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Eating Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Psychosexual Disorders, Social Psychiatry, Philosophy and Methodology of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.
As a trainer he participates in the theoretical and clinical education of intern child psychiatrists (since 2005), as a teacher in the MSc Program in Social Psychiatry of the Democritus University of Thrace (since 2009) and in the Course in Clinical Psychopathology "Panagiotis Oulis" of the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens (since 2007), and as a guest speaker in a wide range of educational programs and seminars.