AWARD. Christopher Gillberg, senior professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, is now being honored for his work in the spirit of Arvid Carlsson. The Arvid Carlsson Foundation awards him its prestigious prize, which, in addition to the honor, includes a research grant of 700,000 SEK. Christopher Gillberg is ranked as one of the world’s most influential researchers and is the most productive autism researcher globally. He is the author of…
Report from the first international conference on ESSENCE
CONFERENCE. The first international conference on ESSENCE–a relatively new umbrella term for the whole group of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders that manifest themselves during early childhood–convened in Gothenburg on April 10–11. Almost 1,500 participants from around the world attended the conference, which was described as a great success by the organizers. Researcher Nanna Gillberg provides us with a summary of the two days. The ESSENCE 2018 conference was held during…
Christopher Gillberg on the importance of being earnest in research
“If there’s one thing I want to recommend to younger researchers, it is to always also stay clinically involved. I have never ever been entirely out of the clinic.” So says Christopher Gillberg, as he walks up and down the stairs of the central Gothenburg building, where both the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre – belonging to the Sahlgrenska Academy and the University – and parts of the University Hospital’s pediatric psychiatry…
Lasting autistic traits in women with anorexia
DOCTORAL THESIS. Women with anorexia display clear autistic traits, even once the eating disorder is under control and they have achieved a normal weight, according to research from Sahlgrenska Academy. The similarities between anorexia and autism in women are also seen in a part of the brain which process social skills. “A traditional eating disorder is usually linked to fixation with food and weight, but there are also a large…
Christopher Gillberg appointed Visiting Professor at Institut Pasteur
APPOINTMENT. Professor Christopher Gillberg has been appointed Visiting Professor at Institut Pasteur in Paris. At the installation lecture September 26, 2016, Christopher Gillberg spoke on the topic ”Autism pure versus autism plus. The ESSENCE of child psychiatry”. The Visting professorship is affiliated to the department ”Génetique Humaine et Fonctions Cognitive”, under the leadership of Professor Thomas Bourgeron. As a Visiting Professor Christopher Gillberg will be involved in the project ”Collaboration…