Karl Mann (medic)

Karl Mann (born October 29, 1948 in Mainz ) is a German doctor , psychiatrist and addiction researcher , from 1999 to 2014 holder of the first chair for addiction research in Germany at the Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg , and Medical Director of the Clinic for Dependent Behavior and Addiction medicine , from 2006 to 2014 Deputy Director of the Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim .

biography

Mann studied human medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz , the University of Innsbruck , the University of Vienna and in the USA . Man received his doctorate in 1978 , Dr. med. He has been a specialist in neurology and psychiatry with additional qualifications in psychotherapy since 1985 and qualified as a professor in 1990 in psychiatry. From 1978 to 1979 he was a Research Fellow in Paris .

Mann's scientific focus is on alcohol and nicotine addiction , drug abuse and addiction , gambling addiction , neuroimaging, psychopharmacology and neurophysiology . He has carried out 22 projects on alcohol, drug and nicotine addiction . The projects were supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the European Union ( EU ), industry and the state of Baden-Württemberg .

Since 1980, Mann has published over 400 articles in international magazines, 19 books and around 100 book chapters.

James B. Isaacson Award 2016 ( Treatment of alcoholism and Genetics Research )
European Addiction Research Award 2016 ( Lifetime achievement )
Ting Kai Li Lectureship Award from the US Research Society on Alcoholism 2014 ("Personalized Treatment")
Best paper in Addiction Biology in 2013 ( Mann et al. Extending the Treatment Options in alcohol dependence: a randomized controlled study of as-needed nalmefene. Biol Psych 73: 706-713 )
Hermann Simon Prize for Health Services Research, 2007
German Addiction Research Award, 2004
Research award of the German Society for Biological Psychiatry, 1992

German Society for Addiction Research and Addiction Therapy (DG-Sucht), President 2006–2010
European Psychiatric Association (EPA), Board member 1990–2010, treasurer 2004–2010
European Federation of Addiction Sicieties (EUFAS), President 2010–2014
German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN)
European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA)
International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA), President 2010–2012
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
Scientific Board of Trustees of the German Central Office for Addiction Issues (DHS), spokesman
Drugs and Addiction Council of the Federal Government (since 2002)
German Addiction Research Network (BMBF-funded), spokesperson 2005–2008
WHO Consultant: Alcoholism Treatment Program in Iran, 2015
WHO Working Group: Addiction Diagnoses (ICD-11)
Associate Editor (Europe), Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, ACER, 1998–2010