Education

Biography

Professor CR Soldatos graduated from the Athens University Medical School, where he had subsequently his specialty training in Neurology and Psychiatry. He also trained for one year in Clinical EEG at the University of Manitoba Medical School, Winnipeg, Canada. For the last 40 years, he has served as faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry of the University of Athens, Pennsylvania State University, and New York Medical College. During his academic career, he became Associate Director of the Sleep Research and Treatment Center at Pennsylvania State University, Director of the Sleep Research Unit and Sleep Disorders Center at Athens University, Chairman of the 2nd Department of Psychiatry (Attikon Hospital) as well as the 1st Department of Psychiatry (Eginition Hospital) at the University of Athens. Dr. CR Soldatos is currently Director of the Mental Health Care Unit at the Evgenidion Hospital of the University of Athens and Head of the Center for Biopsychosocial Research Education and Therapeutic Applications in Athens, Greece.

Dr. CR Soldatos also served as Chairman of the Committee for Mental Health of the Central Health Council of Greece and Member of many other Committees of national and international Organizations. He was President of the International Neuropsychiatric Association (2006-2008) and of seven other scientific societies based either in Greece or abroad. In addition, he is the Co-Chair of the WPA Section on Sleep Wakefulness Disorders and he has served four major committees of WPA and another four of the WFSBP. Most of Dr. CR Soldatos research work pertains to Sleep Pathology and Pharmacology, particularly to the study of insomnia and its relationship to psychopathology. In recognition of his scientific contributions, he has received a number of distinctions from various scientific institutions.

Research Interests

• Insomnia
• Insomnia relationship to psychopathology
• Sleep pathology and pharmacology

Scientific Activities

Teaching Experience

Professional Activities

MEMBERSHIP FOR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Member of World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP)
• President of Hellenic Association of Biological Psychiatry
• President of the International Neuropsychiatric Association (I.N.A)
• President of the Hellenic Society for the Advancement of Psychiatry and Related Sciences
• Member of Committees of national and international Organizations
• Co-Chair of the Operational Committee on Scientific Sections of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
• Member of five more major committees of WPA and another seven of the WFSBP
  

Honors & Awards

• Honorary President of the Hellenic Sleep Research Society
• Honorary President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
• Honorary Member of the World Psychiatric Association
• Lifetime Career Achievement Aristotle Gold Medal
• Owl of Wisdom Prize and the Athens Hypnology Award
• Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Publications

1. Ferentinos PP, Kontaxakis VP, Havaki-kontaxaki BJ, paplos KG, Soldatos CR: The measurement of fatigue in depression a psychopathology 40 (2): 133-134 2007.
2. Papageorgiou CC, Sfagos C, Kosma KK, Kontoangelos KA, Triantafyllou N, Vassilopoulos D, Rabavilas AD, Soldatos CR: Changes in loreta and conventional patterns of p600 after steroid treatment in multiple sclerosis patients. Progress in neuro psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 31(1): 234-241, 2007.
3. Papadimitriou GN, Dikeos DG, Soldatos CR, Calabrese JR: Non-pharmacological treatments in the management of rapid cycling bipolar disorder journal of affective disorders 98 (1-2): 1-10, 2007.
4. Masdrakis VG, Papadimitriou GN, Papageorgiou C, Kouzoupis A, Giailoglou D, Soldatos CR Development of tardive dyskinesia in a patient taking amisulpride progress in neuro psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 31 (2): 586-587, 2007.
5. Ferentinos PP, Kontaxakis VP, Havaki-Kontaxaki BJ, Paplos KG, Pappa DA, Soldatos CR: Refractory psychosis and prominent cognitive deficits in a patient with mega-cisterna magna progress in neuro- psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 31 (2): 561-563, 2007.
6. Lazaratou H, Dikeos DG, Anagnostopoulos DC, Soldatos CR: Depression and self-esteem in adolescence: a study of senior high school. Students in greece. European psychiatry 22: s235-s235 suppl. 1, 2007.
7. Ferentinos PP, Kontaxakis VP, Havaki-Kontaxaki BJ, Soldatos CR: Fatigue in major depression: the role of anxiety and somatisation. European psychiatry 22: s228-s229 suppl. 2007.
8. Paparrigopoulos TJ, Tzavellas EO, Komporozos AP, Liappas JA, Soldatos CR: Impact of various psychopharmacological agents on anxiety, depressive symptoms and global functioning during alcohol detoxification. European psychiatry 22: s202-s203 suppl. 1, 2007.
9. Theleritis CG, Psarros C, Papadimitriou GN, Soldatos CR: Trends in diabetes lancet 369 (9569): 1257-1257, 2007.
10. Douzenis A, Michopoulos I, Economopoulos T, Lykouras L, Soldatos CR: Sublingual use of olanzapine in combination with alprazolam to treat agitation in a terminally ill patient receiving parenteral nutrition. European journal of cancer care 16 (3): 289-290, 2007.
11. Kapaki E, Liappas I, Lyras L, Paraskevas GP, Mamali I, Theotoka I, Bourboulis N, Liosis I, Petropoulou O, Soldatos K: Oxidative damage to plasma proteins in patients with chronic alcohol the effect of smoking in vivo 21 (3): 523-528, 2007.
12. Lee KA, Beyene Y, Paparrigopoulos TJ, Dikeos DG, Soldatos CR: Circadian rhythms and sleep patterns in urban greek couples biological research for nursing 9 (1): 42-48, 2007.
13. Liappas LA, Nicolaou C, Chatzipanagiotou S, Tzavellas EO, Piperi C, Papageorgiou C, Boufidou F, Bagos P, Soldatos CR: Vitamin B12 and hepatic enzyme serum levels correlate with interleukin-6 in alcohol- dependent individuals without liver disease clinical biochemistry 40 (11): 781-786 jul 2007.
14. Tsaltas E, Kontis D, , Papakosta VM, Giannou H, Poulopoulou C, Soldatos C: Enhancing effects of chronic lithium on memory in the rat behavioural brain research 177 (1): 51-60, 2007.
15. Paparrigopoulos T, Liappas J, Tzavellas E, Mourikis I, Soldatos C: Amisulpride-induced hyperprolactinemia is reversible following discontinuation progress in neuro- psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 31 (1): 92-96 2007.
16. Ginieri-Coccossis M, Liappas IA, Tzavellas E, Triantafillou E, Soldatos C: Detecting changes in quality of life and psychiatric symptomatology following an in-patient detoxification programme for alcohol-dependent individuals: the use of whoqol-100 in vivo 21 (1): 99-106 2007.
17. Panagiotakos Db, Pitsavos C, Tsetsekou E, Chrysohoou C, Kinlaw M, Papageorgiou C, Soldatos C, Stefanadis C: Anxiety and socio-economic/ status among healthy adults: the attica study. Epidemiologia e psichiatria sociale-an international journal for epidemiology and psychiatric sciences 16 (4): 356-362, 2007.
18. Liappas IA, Nikolaou C, Michalopoulou M, Paparrigopoulost, Tzavellas EO, Piper C, Cambouri C, Soldatos CR: Evaluation of apolipoprotein e (apoe) and lipoprotein profile in severe alcohol- dependent individual in vivo 21 (4): 699-702, 2007.
19. Gournellis R, Konstantakopoulos G, Matsoukas T, Michalopoulou PG, Soldatos C, Lykouras L : Clinical dimensions of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenic disorders comprehensive psychiatry 48 (4): 337-342, 2007.
20. Masdrakis VG, Oulis P, Kouzoupis AV, Masdrakis GV, Soldatos C: Bilateral ankleoedema in a patient taking escitalopram. World journal of biological psychiatry10; 1-3, 2007.
21. Paparrigopoulos T, Liappas J, Tzavellas E, Soldatos C: Coping styles of alcohol-dependent individuals: comparison with depressed patients and controls social behavior and personality 35 (5): 599-613, 2007.
22. Ventouras EM, Alevizos I, Ktonas PY, Tsekou H, Paparrigopoulos T, Kalatzis I, Soldatos C, Nikiforidis G: Independent components of sleep spindles. Conf proc ieee eng med biol soc.:4002-5. 2007.
23. Ktonas PY, Golemati S, Xanthopoulos P, Sakkalis V, Ortigueira MD, Tsekou H, Zervakis M, Paparrigopoulos T, Soldatos CR: Potential dementia biomarkers\based on the time-varying microstructure of sleep eeg spindles. Conf proc ieee eng:2464-7, 2007.
24. Michopoulos I, Christodoulou C, Dervenoulas J, Soldatos CR, Lykouras L: Quetiapine monotherapy in bipolar i disorder: a 1-year stabilization in a woman having undergone bone marrow transplantation. World j biol psychiatry. 26;:1-3 2007.
25. Masdrakis VG, Vaidakis N, Legaki EM, Ploumpidis D, Papakostas YG, Soldatos Cr: Auditory hallucinations during a caffeine challenge in a patient with panic disorder progress in neuro psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 31 (7):1539-1540 2007.
26. Oulis P, Gournellis R, Matsoukas T. Michalopoulou P, Soldatos CR, Lykouras L: Clinical dimensions of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenic disorders. Comprehensive psychiatry 48(4), 337-342, 2007.
27. Oulis P, Karapoulios E, Kouzoupis AV, Masdrakis VG, Kontoangelos KA, Makrilakis K, Karakatsanis NA, Papageorgiou C, Katsilambros N, Soldatos CR: Oxcarbazepine as monotherapy of acute mania in\ insufficiently controlled type-1 diabetes mellitus: a case-report. Annals of general psychiatry.8;6:25;2007.
28. Liappas I, Theotoka I, Kapaki E, Ilias I, Paraskevas GP, Soldatos C: Neuropsychological assessment of cognitive function in chronic alcohol-dependent patients and patients with alzheimer's disease in vivo 21 (6): 1115-1118, 2007.
29. Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karakatsanis NA, Karapoulios E, Kouzoupis AV, Soldatos CR: Duloxetine-induced cutaneous adverse reaction journal of clinical psychopharmacology 28 (1): 104-105, 2008.
30. Dikeos DG, Paparrigopoulos TJ, Daskalopoulou EG, Papadimitriou GN, Soldatos CR: Expression of somatic symptoms in bipolar or unipolar depression bipolar disorders 10: 62-62 suppl. 1 2008.
31. Alchanatis M, Zias N, Deligiorgis N, Liappas I, Chroneou A, Soldatos C, Roussos C: Comparison of cognitive performance among different age groups in patients with obstructive sleep apnea sleep and breathing 12 (1): 17-24, 2008.
32. Oulis P, Karapoulios E, Masdrakis VG, Kouzoupis AV, Karakatsanis NA, Papageorgiou C, Papadimitriou GN, Soldatos CR: Levetiracetam in the treatment of antipsychotics-resistant tourette syndrome. World journal of biological psychiatry 9 (1): 76-77 2008.
33. Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karakatsanis NA, Karapoulios E, Kouzoupis AV, Konstantakopoulos G, Soldatos CR: Regabalin in the discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepine use: a case- series. International clinical psychopharmacology 23(2):110-112 2008.
34. Oulis P, Kouzoupis AV, Kontoangelos K, Pachou E, Masdrakis VG, Soldatos CR: Visual and coenesthetic hallucinations associated with modafinil. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology 28 (2): 251-252, 2008.
35. Korres SG, Papadakis CE, Riga MG, Balatsouras DG, Dikeos DG, Soldatos CR: Sleep position and laterality of benign paroxysmalpositional vertigo. J laryngol otol.2008.
36. Ventouras EM, Ktonas PY, Tsekou H, Paparrigopoulos T, Kalatzis I, Soldatos CR: Slow and fast eeg sleep spindle component extraction using independent component analysis. Bioinformatics and bioengeeniring bibe 2008.
37. Sakkas P, Theleritis CG, Psarros C, Papadimitriou GN, Soldatos CR: Jacksonian seizure in a manic patient treated with rtms. World j biol psychiatry.; 9(2):159-60, 2008.
38. Lazaratou h, Paparrigopoulos T, Galanos G, Psarros C, Dikeos D, Soldatos C.: The psychological impact of a catastrophic earthquake- a retrospective study 50 years after the event journal of nervous and mental disease 196 (4): 340-344, 2008.
39. Mitsonis CI, Zervas IM, Mitropoulos PA, Dimopoulos NP, Soldatos CR, Potagas CM, Sfagos CA: The impact of stressful life events on risk of relapse in women with multiple sclerosis: a prospective study. European psychiatry 23:497-504, 2008.
40. Oulis P, Potagas C, Masdrakis VG, Thomopoulos Y, Kouzoupis AV, Soldatos CR: Reversible tremor and myoclonus associated with topiramatefluvoxamine coadministration. Clinical neuropharmacology volume: 31: 6 366-367, 2008.
41. Masdrakis VG, Oulis P, Zervas IM, Karakatsanis NA, Kouzoupis AV, Karapoulios E, Soldatos CR: The safety of the electroconvulsive therapy- aripiprazole combination:four case reports. Journal of ect volume: 24 issue: 3 pages: 236-238: 2008.
42. Masdrakis VG, Oulis P, Karakatsanis NA , Potagas C, Kouzoupis AV, Soldatos CR: Remission of migraine attacks in a patient with depression who is taking pregabalin clinical.neuropharmacology volume: 31: 238-240, 2008.
43. Spyropoulou AC, Papageorgiou C, Markopoulos C, Christodoulou GN, Soldatos CR: Depressive symptomatology correlates with phantom breast syndrome in mastectomized women. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience: 258: 3: 165-170, 2008.
44. Politis AM, Papadimitriou GN, Theleritis CG, Psarros C, Soldatos CR: Combination therapy with amisulpride antidepressants:clinical observations in case series of elderly patients with psychotic depression. Progress in neuro- psychopharmacology & biologicalpsychiatry 32: 5:1227-1230.2008.
45. Michopoulos I, Zervas IM, Pantelis C, Tsaltas E, Papakosta VM, Boufidou F, Nikolaou C, Papageorgiou C, Soldatos CR, Lykouras L: Neuropsychological and hypothalamic-pituitary-axis functioin female patients with melancholic and non- melancholic depression european archives of psychiatry clinicalneuroscience: 258: 4: 217-225:2008.
46. Politis A, Theleritis CH, Psarros C, Soldatos C, Papadimitriou GN: Adjunctive use of amisulpride in elderly patients with psychotic depression treated with antidepressants. International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice 12(4): 345-346, 2008.
47. Ginieri-coccossis M, Theofilou P, Synodinou C, Tomaras V, Soldatos C. Quality of life, mental health and health beliefs in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: investigating differences in early and later years of curent treatment. Bmc nephrology 9: 14, 2008.
48. Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karapoulios E , Karakatsanis Na, Kouzoupis AV, Konstantakopoulos G, Soldatos CR: Pregabalin augmentation to sertraline –risperidone combination in the treatment of obsessive –compulsive disorder. Primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry 10 (3), 249, 2008.
49. Tsekou HG, Ktonas P, Angelopoulos E, Golemati S, Paparrigopoulos T, Soldatos CR: Sleep spindle characteristics after augumentation treatment with clozapine in drug-resistant schizophrenia. Journal of sleep research 17, 259-259, 2008.
50. Economou NT, Bonanni E, Di Coscio E, Ktonas P, Maestri M, Tsekoy H, Bonakis A, Cignoni F, Paparrigopoulos T, Papageorgiou S, Vassilopoulos D, Soldatos C, Murri L: Automated signal analysis of slow-wave sleep in patients with dementia. European journal of neurology 15, 203-203, 2008.
51. Lazaratou H, Dikeos D, Anagnostopoulos D, Soldatos C: Habits and problems of sleep in adolescent students. Psychiatriki 19(3), 221, 2008.
52. Dikeos DG, Theleritis CG, Soldatos CR: 21 Benzodiazepines: effects on sleep. Sleep disorders : diagnosis and therapeutics, 220, 2008
53. Dikeos DG, Theleritis CG, Soldatos CR: Sleep disorders: Diagnosis and therapeutics (eds. Pandi-perumal sr, verster j, monti j, lader m, langer s), 220, 2008
54. Ferentinos P, Kontaxakis V, Havali-Kontaxaki B, Paparrigopoulos T, Dikeos D, Ktonas P, Soldatos C: Sleep disturbances in relation to fatigue in major depression. Journal of psychosomatic research 66 (1): 37-42, 2009.
55. Leonardou AA, Zervas Ym, Papageorgiou CC, Marks MN, Tsartsara EC, Antsaklis A, Christodoulou GN, Soldatos CR: Validation of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale and prevalence of postnatal depression at two months postpartum in a sample of Greek mothers. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology 27 (1): 28-39 2009.
56. Ktonas PY, Golemati S, Xanthopoulos P, Sakkalis V, Ortigueir Md,Tsekou H, Zervakis M, Paparrigopoulos T, Bonakis A, Economount, Theodoropoulos P, Papageorgiou SG, Vassilopoulos D, Soldatos CR: Time-frequency analysis methods to quantify the time-varying microstructure of sleep eeg spindles:possibility for dementia biomarkers journal of neuroscience methods 185 (1): 133-142 dec 2009.
57. Serretti A, Olgiati P, Politis A, Malitas P, Albani D, Dusi S, Polito L, De Mauro S, Zisaki A, Piperi C, Liappas I, Stamouli E, Mailis A, Atti AR, Morri M, Ujkaj M, Batelli S, Forloni G, Soldatos CR, Papadimitriou GN, De Ronchi D, Kalofoutis A: Lack of association between interleukin-1 alpha rs1800587polymorphism and alzheimer’s disease in two independent european samples. Journal of alzheimers disease 16 (1):181-187 2009.
58. Spyropoulou AC, Zervas IM, Christodoulakos G, Lambrinoudaki I, Rizos D, Koundi K, Sanida E, Creatsas G, Soldatos CR: Irritability in menopause: an investigation of its relation tomenopausal, hormonal and physical factors.psychotherapy and psychosomatics 78(2): 128-130 2009.
59. Masdrakis VG, Oulis P,, Kouzoupis AV, Masdrakis GV, Soldatos CR Bilateral ankle oedema in a patient taking escitalopram. World journal of biology 10(4): 939-941 part 3 2009.
60. Soldatos CR: Improvement of the sleep-wake cycle as a target remission in depression. Medicographia 31, 140-145, 2009.
61. Oulis P, Masdrakis VG, Karapoulios E , Karakatsanis NA, Kouzoupis AV, Konstantakopoulos G, Soldatos CR: Tiagabaline augmentation to Fluvoxamine-Risperidone combination in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. World journal of biological psychiatry (10), 953-955, 2009.
62. Ventouras E, Ktonas P, Tsekou H, Paparrigopoulos T, Kalatzis I, Ioannis, Soldatos CR: Independent component analysis for source localization of eeg sleep spindle components.computationalintelligence and neuroscience. World j biol psychiatry, 2010.
63. Michopoulos I, Christodoulou C, Dervenoulas J, Soldatos CR, Lykouras L: Quetiapine Monotherapy In Bipolar I Disorder: A 1- Year stabilization in a woman having undergone bone marrow transplantation. World j biol psychiatry, 11(2 pt2):519-21, 2010.
64. Lazaratou H, Dikeos DG, Anagnostopoulos DC, Soldatos CR: Depressive symptomatology in high school students: the role of age,gender and academic pressure. Community ment health j. 2010.
65. Paparrigopoulos T, Tzavara C, Theleritis C, Psarros C, Soldatos C, Tountas Y: Insomnia and its correlates in a representative sample of the population. Bmc public health10: art. No. 531 2010.
66. Patel V, Maj M , Flisher A. , Silva M, Koschorke M, et al. Reducing the treatment gap for mental disorders: a WPA survey, world psychiatry 9(3), 169-176, 2010.
67. Paparrigopoulos T, Tzavara C, Theleritis C, Soldatos C, Tountas Y: Physical activity may promote sleep in cardiac patients suffering from insomnia. International journal of cardiology 143 (2): 209-211 2010.
68. Zervas IM, Theleritis C, Soldatos CR: Using ect in schizophrenia: A review from a clinical perspective. World j biol psychiatry. Feb;13 (2):96-105. Epub 2011.
69. Appelbaum Arboleda-Florez J, Javed A, Soldatos C, Tyano S: WPA recommendations for relationships of psychiatrists, health care organizations working in the psychiatric field and psychiatric associations with the pharmaceutical industry. World psychiatry. Jun;10(2):155-9, 2011.
70. Tomaras VD, Ginieri-Coccossis M, Vassiliadou M, Malliori M, Ferentinos S, Soldatos CR, Tylee A: Education in mental health promotion and its impact on the participants' attitudes and perceived mental health. Ann gen psychiatry. 23;10:33, 2011.
71. Bonanni E, Di Coscio E, Maestri M, Carnicelli L, Tsekou H, Economou Nt, Paparrigopoulos T, Bonakis A, Papageorgioy SG, Vassilopoulos D, Soldatos CR, Murri L, Ktonas PY: Differences in eeg delta frequency characteristics and patterns in slow-wave sleep between dementia patients and controls: a pilot study. J clin neurophysiol.;29(1):50-4, 2012.
72. Ginieri-Coccossis M, Triantafillou E, Tomaras V, Soldatos C, Christodoulou G: Psychometric properties of whoqol-bref in clinical and health greek populations: incorporating new culture-relevant items. Psychiatriki 23,:130-142, 2012.
73. Masdrakis VG, Legaki Em, Vaidakis N, Ploumpidis D, Soldatos CR, Papageorgiou C, Papadimitriou GN, Oulis P: Baseline heartbeat perception accuracy and short-term outcome of brief cognitive-behaviour therapy for panic disorder with agoraphobia. Behavioral and cognitive psychotherapy, 1-10, 2013.
74. Chaspari T, Soldatos C, P. Maragos: The development of the athens emotional states inventory (aesi): collection, validation and automatic processing of emotionally loaded sentences. World j of biol psychiatry. Vol.16 (5), 312- 322 2015.
75. Tsekou H, Angelopoulos E, Paparrigopoulos TH, Golemati S. Soldatos C, Papadimitriou G, Ktonas P: Sleep eeg and spindle characteristics after combination treatment with clozapine in drug-resistant schizophrenia: a pilot study. Journal of clinical neurophysiology: vol. 32, issue 2; 159-163, 2015.
76. Tournikioti K, Ferentinos P, Michopoulos I, Alevizaki M, Soldatos C. Dikeos D, Douzenis A. Clinical and treatment-related predictors of cognition in bipolar disorder: focus on visual paired associative learning. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience vol 267; issue 7; pp 661-669, 2017.
77. Theleritis C, Sakkas P, Paparrigopoulos TH, Vitoratou S, Tzavara CH, Bonaccorso S. Politis A, Soldatos C, Psarros C. Two versus one high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation session per day for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized sham- controlled trial. Response to andrade and colleagues. Journal of ect: vol. 33;2i-143;2017.
78. Psarros C, Theleritis CH, Economou M, Tzavara CH, Kioulos K, Mantonakis L, Soldatos C, Bergiannaki JD: Insomnia and ptsd one month after wildfires: evidence for an independent role of the “fear of imminent death”. International journ. Of psychiatry in clinical practice. Vol 21; 2; 2017.
79. Tournikioti K, Ferentinos P, Michopoulos I, Dikeos D, Soldatos C. Douzenis A. The effect of gender on neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorder. European psychiatry 41, s213, 2017.