Neurobiology of psychotic disorders, brain research. Development and treatment of psychotic disorders, schizophrenia,
genetic patterns, special psychotherapy, risk factors, early detection.

Peter Falkay is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. His research focuses on the origins and therapy of psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia. He examines risk factors for the onset and course of psychotic illnesses and works on early detection diagnostic procedures.

• 1981 – 1987 studies at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.
• 1987 PhD from the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
• 1987 – 1993 Assistant Physician, Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University. Heinrich Heine, Düsseldorf
• 1995 Habilitation at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.
• 1995 – 1996 Acting Senior Physician of the Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf
• 1996 – 2002 Head of the Laboratory of Psychiatric Brain Research, Clinics of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn
• 1996 – 2002 Director of the Department of Medical Psychology, appointment to the position of Professor, University of Bonn
• 1997 – 2002 Chief Physician, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Rhine, Bonn
• 2004 – 2006 Director of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Saarland
• 2002 – 2006 Director of the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Saarland
• 2006 – 2012 Director of the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Medical University of Göttingen
• since 2012 Director of the Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• since 2014, Head of the Brain Tissue Bank, Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Munich
• since 2015 member of the presidium of the working group of scientists Medical Societies (AWMF)
• since 2013 Chairman of the section of the Council of National Societies (NPA) of the European Psychiatric Association (EPO)
• 2013 – 2015 Member of the UK Medical Council for Neurology and Mental Health.
• 2010 – 2012 President of Germany Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology
• 2009 Acting Director of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen
• 2007 – 2010 President of the German Society for Biological Psychiatry (DGBP)