Mario Maj#
| Membership Number: | 7534 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 1992 - present Professor of Psychiatry, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- 1995 - present Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Naples, Italy
- 2011 Member, International Advisory Board, Chapter on Mental Disorders, 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases
- 2011 Chairman, Workgroup for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Chapter on Mental Disorders, 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases
- 2008 - 2011 President, World Psychiatric Association
- 2002 - 2003 President, European Psychiatric Association
- 2000 - 2001 President, Italian Psychiatric Association
- 1997 - 2000 President, Council of Italian Professors of Psychiatry
- 2001 - present Editor, World Psychiatry (now for the tenth consecutive year no. 1 among Psychiatry journals for impact factor)
- 1989 - 1991 Chairman, Section on Neuropsychiatry, Global Programme on AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva
Fields of Scholarship
- Epistemology of psychiatry
- Clinical and neurobiological characterization of mood disorders
- Psychiatric diagnosis and classification
- Clinical and neurobiological characterization of psychotic disorders
- Interactions between physical and mental disorders
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Sapienza University Lifetime Achievement Award for Psychiatry
- 2021 Grand Officer of the Italian Republic
- 2019 Member, Italian Academy of Art and Sciences
- 2015 C. Stefanis Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry and Neurosciences
- 2015 Chairman, Italian Network for Research on Psychoses
- 2013 Honorary Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists
- 2012 Honorary Fellow, UK Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 2012 SOPSI Prize for Excellence in Research
- 2006 - 2013 Member, Italian High Council of Health
- 2010 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Craiova
