Dr. Antonis Dakanalis, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Milan-Bicocca and Head Researcher of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the same university, was a guest on “Take Your Time” with Prokopis Agelopoulos.
The renowned Greek psychiatrist, originally from Crete, was ranked in 2022 among the top 50 scientists worldwide in the field of mental health and the top 10 globally for his use of new technologies in mental health and wellbeing. He is listed among the top 2% of the most impactful scientists based on Harvard evaluations and appears in the international Who’s Who publication for medical care. Dr. Dakanalis is a member of the European Mental Health Council and leads the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry, as well as the National Research Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. He also oversees numerous funded research programs in collaboration with international universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Oxford.
Dr. Dakanalis has an extensive teaching, clinical, and scientific portfolio, for which he has received more than 50 international awards. Living in both Milan and Athens, he also participates in humanitarian missions in Africa and has spearheaded nationwide campaigns to destigmatize mental illness.