Wolfgang Maier

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Wolfgang Maier (born 13 January 1949) [1] is a German psychiatrist and psychotherapist. [2]

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Academic and professional career

Wolfgang Maier first studied mathematics and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, graduating with diplomas in 1973. That same year he started studying medicine, also at the University of Munich. In 1980 he received his doctorate in medicine. In 1981 he started working at the Psychiatric University Clinic Mainz, first as a clinical scientist and doctor, before being promoted to senior physician and later to chief senior physician. [1] In 1990 he qualified as a professor for the medical field of psychiatry. Concurrently, he went to the USA for several scientific work stays (esp. Cornell Medical School in New York City and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri). He is a student of the deceased American and Canadian psychiatrists Gerald Klerman and Theodore Reich.

In 1995 he was appointed to the chair of psychiatry and psychotherapy and as the director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Bonn. In 2018 he was given emeritus status. Ever since he has been the medical director for Research and Education at the Gezeitenhaus Clinic in Bonn. In addition, he works as a visiting consultant at the German Neuroscience Center since 2020. [3]

He used to be a spokesman for the competence networks "Dementia" (since 2005) and "Degenerative Dementia" (since 2007), both promoted by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. [4]

From 2012 to 2014 he was President of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology  [ de ] (DGPPN). In 2004, 2013 and 2014 he was President of the DGPPN Congresses. Also, in 2000 Maier founded the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)’s section "Genetics in Psychiatry" [5] and the European Psychiatric Association (EPA)’s section "Prevention of Mental Disorders".

Since 2010 he has been a leading editor of the authoritative German medical journal "Der Nervenarzt" (The Neurologist). Moreover, Maier is a co-editor of the "European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience". [6]

Wolfgang Maier is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (neuroscience section). He is also a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) (biomedical class) and a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Focus of work

Since 1985 Wolfgang Maier has been one of the initiators of genetic research on mental disorders using modern biometric and molecular methods. On the one hand, his work focuses on the study of genetic causes, manifestations and conditions for responding to the therapy of affective and schizophrenic disorders. [1] On the other hand, he researches the risk factors, early symptoms and development of dementia and develops treatment guidelines for dementia. Since 2010 he has been a spokesman for the steering committee developing the S3 treatment guidelines "Dementia" (posted at the AWMF). He was a member (2007/08) of the Application Committee in Bonn for the founding of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). His work now focuses on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of severe mental and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Other activities

In 2002 he founded the Fliedner Klinik, Berlin, together with Klaus Hildemann.

Awards

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 CV Prof. Maier (Leopoldina)
  2. ↑ Ebba Hagenberg-Miliu (July 30, 2013). "Interview mit Prof. Wolfgang Maier im General Anzeiger Bonn" (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "German Neuroscience Center - Team". German Neuroscience Center Dubai. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Professoren Unser Team | Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie". psychiatrie.uni-bonn.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Member list of the section 'Genetics in Psychiatry' of the WPA" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liste der Herausgeber der European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience" (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Announcement of the Hans-Jörg Weitbrecht-Award 2013" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Announcement for application on the Kurt-Schneider Science Award 2014" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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