Jules Angst

Jules Angst ( born December 11, 1926 in Zurich ) is a Swiss professor of psychiatry.

Life

Fear grew up in Zurich and began his academic career there. He received his doctorate in 1953 and his habilitation in 1966. From 1969 to 1994 he was Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Research Department of the Psychiatric University Hospital in Zurich. Since 1994 he is honorary professor at the University of Zurich.

His scientific work includes six monographs and numerous scholarly articles.

Awards (selection)

For his scientific work, he has received numerous international prizes and awards:

  • Anna- Monika Prize (1967/1969)
  • Paul Martini Prize (1969 )
  • Otto Naegeli Prize ( 1983)
  • Eric Stromgren Medal ( 1987)
  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Heidelberg ( 1988)
  • Golden Kraepelin Medal ( 1992)
  • Selo Prize USA ( 1994)
  • Mogens Schou - Prize for research on bipolar disorders, United States ( 2001)
  • Burgholzli Award for Social Psychology ( 2001)
  • Price of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics for his life's work (2002)
  • Honorary Member of the German Society for Bipolar Disorders (2004)
  • Wagner Jauregg Medal ( 2007)
  • Juan J. López- Ibor Award ( 2010)
  • WFSBP Lifetime Achievement Award in Biological Psychiatry (2011)
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