MANFRED DÖPFNER
Germany


Professor emeritus of Psychotherapy at the Department for Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, Germany. Professor Dr. Doepfner is supervisor in cognitive behaviour therapy and director of the School for Child and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy at the University of Cologne. His main research interests are assessment, prevention, and treatment of ADHD, Conduct Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and Tic Disorders. He was principal investigator of several multicentre trials on pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of ADHD and conduct disorders, of prevention studies for externalizing problem behaviour in children, and on self-help-interventions for parents of children and adolescents with externalizing disorders. He received the German Psychology Prize for his scientific work in 2005.