2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Jerzy Vetulani
Prof. Dr. Robert H. Belmaker
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Pharmacology, Krakow, Poland
Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Research into the biochemical foundations of the mechanisms of action of antidepressant therapeutic methods.
3rd Prize
Dr. Per Bech
University of Copenhagen, Psychochemistry Institute, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
Statistical work concerning the testing and improvement of psychometric methods in depression Research.
l. to r.: Prof. J. Vetulani, Prof. R. Belmaker,
Prof. B. Hess, Dr. P. Bech, Prof. J. Kopin
1980
1981
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. J. Mendlewicz
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgique
Comprehensive clinical-genetic and biochemical-endocrinological research in the area of affective psychoses and their treatment by means of drug therapies.
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. S. Z. Langer
Institut de Biologie Laboratories d’Etudes et de Recherches Synthelabo, Paris, France
New findings on the imipramine bond in the brain and thrombocytes as a new marker for Depression.
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. B. J. Carrol
University of Michigan, Mental Health Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Research with the Dexamethasone suppression test for the differentiation of depressive syndromes.
3rd Prize
Dr. A. Wirz-Justice
Dr. Thomas A. Wehr
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Basel, Schweiz
and
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
Work on disorders of the rhythmical process of neuroendocrine regulation processes as possible causes for depressive diseases.
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. J. May
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Pharmacology, Krakow, Poland
Work in the area of experimental research into the mechanisms of effective antidepressants.
l. to r.: Prof. B. Hess, Prof. S. Langer, M. Rief, Dr. A. Wirz-Justice,
Prof. J. Mendlewicz, Prof. J. May, Dr. T. Wehr, Prof. B. Carrol, Prof. P. Kielholz
1978
1979
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Solomon H. Snyder
John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Work concerning the problem of the neurotransmitter receptor interaction and their significance for the effect of therapeutic drugs in psychoses.
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Max Fink
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Health Sciences Center – School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.
Comprehensive monograph on electroconvulsive shock therapy and its position in current depression therapy.
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. Elliot S. Gershon
Biological Psychiatry Branch National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, U.S.A.
Fundamental research into the development of a novel method in depression Research.
l. to r.: Prof. M. Fink, Prof. E. Gershon, M. Rief,
Prof. S. Snyder, Prof. P. Kielholz
1976
1977
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Sir Martin Roth
The Royal Victoria Infirmary Dept. of Psychological Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
New and ground-breaking research on the complex nosological problems of affective disorders.
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Fridolin Sulser
Tennessee Neuropsychiatric Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Research on the reactions of a noradrenaline sensitive adenylate cyclasis in the limbic system of rats on pharmaceuticals of depressive and antidepressant effect.