International / Bioplar Disorder Category
Title of Winning Proposal: Fronto-Temporal White Matter Integrity in Mania and Psychosis
Jose M. Goikolea works as a psychiatrist at the Bipolar Disorders Program of the Hospital Clinic, at Barcelona, Spain. He attended Medical School at the University of the Basque Country in Spain where he graduated with honors. He completed residency in Psychiatry at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona. During residency, he achieved the Prite Award as best 2nd year resident in Spain. On finishing residency he got involved with the Bipolar Disorders Program, headed by Dr. E. Vieta. Since then, he has combined a good deal of clinical work with research, mainly focused on novel treatments, both psychological (patient and family psychoeducation) and pharmacological, including atypical antipsychotics and novel antiepileptic drugs. He has co-authored 20 articles and several book chapters. Since 2004 he is leading a new project into his unit, on research on first episodes of bipolar disorder in order to get a better understanding of the pathophysiology of the illness and its relationship with psychosis and schizophrenia, as well as to deepen on early intervention and treatment.
