Professor Dr Helmut Remschmidt

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  • Section Neurosciences
  • Location Marburg, Germany
  • Election year 1991

Research

Die wichtigsten Forschungsgebiete von Helmut Remschmidt sind Entwicklungspsychopathologie, Forensische Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Schizophrenieforschung, genetische und Therapieevaluationsforschung. Auf diesen Gebieten hat er zahlreiche international beachtete Publikationen verfasst und neue Konzepte zur Behandlung kinder- und jugendpsychiatrischer Störungen entwickelt.

Helmut Remschmidt 's main research areas are: developmental psychopathology, forensic child and adolescent psychiatry, schizophrenia research, research in genetics and therapy evaluation. In these fields he published a great number of internationally recognized articles and books and developed new concepts for the treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.

  • since 2006 Professor emeritus at the Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
  • since 1980 Full Professor for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philipps University Marburg and Director of the Clinic for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Germany; Research- and Visiting-Professor at numerous Universities in Europa, Israel, USA, Japan, China, Brazil, Korea and Australia
  • 1975-1980 Full Professor of Child Psychiatry and Child Neurology at the Freie Universität of Berlin, Founding-Professor of the respective Department, Germany
  • 1971 Habilitation at the Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
  • 1968 Ph.D. Degree at the University of Tübingen, Germany
  • 1958-1965 MD Degree at the University of Erlangen, Germany
  • 1958-1965 Study of Medicine, Psychology and Philosophy at the Universities of Erlangen, Wien and Tübingen

  • 2000-2008 Member of the Supervisory Body of the University Hospital in Würzburg, Germany
  • 2000-2007 Member of the Neurobiological Committee of the German Research Foundation
  • 2000-2005 Scientific Director of the WPA Global Program on Child Mental Health in Cooperation with the IACAPAP and the WHO
  • 1998-2004 President of the International Association for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
  • 1995-1999 President of the European Society for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP)
  • 1995-1997 Dean of the Medical Faculty, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
  • 1989-1999 Chairman of the Section of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
  • 1989-1994 Member of the Research Council (Wissenschaftsrat) on the „Reform of Medical Education“
  • 1987- 1990 Member of the Independent Governmental Commission for the Prevention of Violence and Chairman of the Psychiatric Subcommittee
  • 1985-1993 Member of the Scientific Council of the Criminological Institute Niedersachsen (KFN) In Hannover, Germany
  • 1984-2012 Member of the Scientific Council of the German Medical Association, Member of the Board since 1995 and Deputy Chairman since 2002
  • 1984-1988 Expert (Reviewer) for Psychiatry of the German Research Foundation
  • 1983-2000 Member of the Scientific Council of the Central Institut of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany
  • 1982-1996 Managing Director of Neuroscience-Center at the Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
  • 1982-1985 Member of the Subcommittee of the Research Council on „Clinical Research“
  • 1982-1983 Chairman of the German Association for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • 1980-1988 Member of the Governmental Advisory Board for the Modelprogramm Psychiatry
  • 1980-1981 Chairman of the German Section of the International League against Epilepsy
  • 1976-1983 Member of the Expert-Committee for Child Mental Health and Psychosocial Development of the WHO
  • 1976-1980 Managing Director of the Center for Psychiatry and Neurology (Neuroscience-Center) of the Freie Universität of Berlin, Germany

  • 2000-2005 WPA Global Program on Child Mental Health in cooperation with the International Association of Child and Adolescencent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) and the WHO. Scientific Director of this worldwide Program with comparative studies in Alexandria, Nijni Novgorod and Porto Allegre
  • 1994-2006 Clinical Research Group of the German Research Foundation “ Genetic Mechanisms of Weight Regulation with special reference to Eating Disorders and Obesity”, later “Genetic mechanism in Child Psychiatric Disorders” (Applicant and Coordinator)
  • 1980-1985 Model Program Psychiatry of the Federal Government of Germany, supportet by several federal Ministeries. Projectcoordinator of the only project devoted to Child and Adolescent Mental Health out of 14 regions
  • since 1972 Coordination of several Collaberative Research Projects, financed by the German Research Council, Federal Ministeries, Volkswagen Foundation and other Foundation by the Industry
  • 1972-1980 Collaborative Research Centre 122 „Adaptation and Rehabilitation of the German Research Foundation“, Deputy-Speaker of the Project and Coordinator of the Longterm-Project on Brain Damage in Children and Adolescents (several Articles and a Monograph)
  • 1972-1980 Projects within the Priority Program of the German Research Foundation „Empirical Criminology including Criminal Sociology“; Child Delinquency (Project Leader); Follow up studies on Juvenile Murderers (Project Leader); (Several Publications and a Monograph)

  • 2012 Euricius Cordus Medal of the Medical Faculty, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
  • 2006 German Quality of Life-Award
  • 2004 Medal of Honor of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2003 Honorary Member of the Romanian Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • 2002 Honorary Member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and of the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • 2000 Honorary President of the German Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • 2000 Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK
  • 1999 Max Planck Award for International Cooperation
  • 1998 Honorary President of the Spanish Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • 1998 Niilo Hallman Medal of the Finnish Foundation for Pediatric Research
  • 1996 Ernst von Bergmann-Medal of the German Medical Association
  • 1994 Christina Barz Award of the German Foundation of Science
  • 1993-1996 Special Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham, UK
  • 1992 International Scholar of the American Psychiatric Association
  • 1991 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • 1990 Hermann Simon-Award for oustanding Research in the Field of Social Psychiatry

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