Eduard Vieta Explained

Eduard Vieta
Birth Date:16 January 1963
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Field:Psychiatry
Specialism:Bipolar disorder
Work Institutions:University of Barcelona, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Education:Autonomous University of Barcelona
Website:https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/profesionales/eduard-vieta

Eduard Vieta Pascual is a Catalan psychiatrist from Spain known for his work in the field of mood disorders. His unit is a world reference in clinical care, research and teaching of bipolar disorder and depression.

Education

Eduard Vieta was born in Barcelona, Spain. He studied medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and graduated in 1987. He did his residency training at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and became a specialist in Psychiatry in 1991. He subsequently received his PhD with honors at the University of Barcelona in 1994.

Career

Research focus/interests

Dr. Vieta has focused his research activity on the study of the causes and the pharmacological and psychological treatment of bipolar disorder and depression, as well as in Precision Psychiatry. His contributions stand out for identifying neurocognitive dysfunctions and promoting the clinical development of new pharmacological treatments to address this condition. Additionally, his research has concentrated on psychotherapies such as psychoeducation and cognitive remediation to improve functioning and quality of life for patients with bipolar disorder.[1] Dr. Vieta has made contributions to numerous treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder[2] and is the founder of the concept of ‘Precision Psychiatry‘.[3]

Awards

Dr. Vieta has received the following awards:

Present and past appointments

Dr. Vieta is the current Head of the Psychiatry and Psychology Service of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and of the research group on bipolar and depressive disorders of the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS),[16] [17] and is also a professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona. Dr. Vieta was also the director of the Bipolar Disorder Research Program and scientific director of the Mental Health Network Research Center (CIBERSAM),[18] funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, as well as former treasurer of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP).[19]

Dr. Vieta is the current editor-in-chief of the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology [20] and part of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Executive Committee (2022-2025)[21] . Additionally, he is on the editorial board of a number of international scientific journals, such as American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry, Psychotherapy Psychosomatics, the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, European Neuropsychopharmacology, the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, and the journal Journal of Affective Disorders. He was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the R&D&I Program in the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union. Considered among the psychiatrist with the best reputation in Spain (Health Monitor 2014 and Forbes),[22] he has been an advisor to the European presidency in neuroscience research, a visiting professor at Harvard University (United States) and an Honorary Doctor from the University of Valencia.[23]

Publications

To date, he has published more than 1,000 original articles in national and international journals, more than 500 book chapters and 50 books on bipolar disorder[24] . He currently accumulates more than 100,000 citations, and an h-index of 159, which has made him the most cited scientist in the world in bipolar disorder and one of the most cited in biomedical sciences (Highly Cited Scientist / Most influential Scientific Minds).[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cambridge University Press . . www.cambridge.org . June 4, 2015.
  2. Web site: . January 2013 . The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2012 on the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062823/http://www.wfsbp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Treatment_Guidelines/Grunze_et_al_2013.pdf . March 4, 2016 . June 4, 2015 . www.wfsbp.org.
  3. Vieta . Eduard . Salagre . Estela . July 2021 . Misunderstanding precision psychiatry . Psychological Medicine . en . 51 . 9 . 1418–1419 . 10.1017/S0033291721001173 . 34047266 . 0033-2917.
  4. Web site: Mogens Schou Award . . www.isbd.org . June 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707123302/http://www.isbd.org/awards/mogen-schou-awards#2007 . July 7, 2015 . dead .
  5. Web site: El Dr. Vieta recibe el premio de investigación estratégica que otorga la Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría Biológica .
  6. Web site: Eduard Vieta Pascual . 2024-05-03 . CoMB . ca.
  7. Web site: Eduard Vieta is Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research . . November 6, 2012 . www.bbrfoundation.org . June 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150608131832/https://bbrfoundation.org/brain-matters-discoveries/eduard-vieta-is-recognized-for-outstanding-achievement-in-mood-disorders . June 8, 2015 . dead .
  8. Web site: CINP Awards Programme . . www.cinp.org . June 4, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423155628/http://www.cinp.org/awards/ . April 23, 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: Doctor Honoris Causa by UV . . www.idibaps.org . July 29, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160412095206/http://www.idibaps.org/actualitat/es_noticies/18912/eduard-vieta-doctor-honoris-causa-por-la-universidad-de-valencia-uv . April 12, 2016 . dead .
  10. Web site: Eduard Vieta, elegido mejor investigador del año por la Federación Mundial de Psiquiatría .
  11. Web site: Eduard Vieta, premio Simón Bolívar por la Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría CIBERISCIII . 2024-05-03 . www.ciberisciii.es.
  12. Web site: Conócenos – SEPSM . 2024-05-03 . es.
  13. Web site: Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears . 2024-05-03 . Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears . es.
  14. Web site: Premios a la divulgación para el epidemiólogo Quique Bassat, la economista Judit Vall y el psiquiatra Eduard Vieta .
  15. Web site: El IMIBIC reconoce al Dr. Eduard Vieta en su XIII Lección Conmemorativa Maimónides y premia los mejores trabajos de investigación 2022 - IMIBIC . 2024-05-03 . www.imibic.org.
  16. Web site: Unidad de Trastornos Bipolares y Depresivos - IDIBAPS .
  17. Web site: Eduard Vieta .
  18. Web site: Eduard Vieta, nombrado nuevo director científico del CIBERSAM CIBERSAM . 2024-05-03 . www.cibersam.es.
  19. Web site: Past Executive Committees . 2024-05-03 . www.ecnp.eu.
  20. Web site: European Neuropsychopharmacology - Editorial board .
  21. Web site: The Executive Committee . 2024-07-30 . www.ecnp.eu.
  22. Web site: isanidad . 2021-01-13 . Forbes destaca a los cuatro mejores médicos en Psiquiatría . 2024-05-03 . iSanidad . es.
  23. Web site: Acto de Investidura como Doctor "Honoris Causa" de l'Excm. Sr. Dr. Eduard Vieta Pascual . 2024-05-03 . www.uv.es.
  24. Web site: ORCID . 2024-07-30 . orcid.org.
  25. Web site: Web of Science . 2024-05-03 . www.webofscience.com.

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