Jean-Michel Aubry is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is privat docent at the Medical School of the University of Geneva where he teaches Neurosciences and Psychiatry. As head of a specialised programme for bipolar disorders at the Department of Psychiatry of the Geneva University Hospital, Dr Aubry’s research interests include the pharmacologicala and psychosocial treatments of bipolar disorders and more specifically, relapse prevention.

François Ferrero is psychiatrist, psychotherapist, professor of psychiatry and chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Geneva. His research in the domain of bipolar disorders aims to better specify the epidemiology and the links with genetics and the environment in order to develop and evaluate ever more effective therapeutic and preventive approaches.

Nicolas Schaad is the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy la Côte that serves the hospital network of the Geneva-Lausanne region. Within this structure, he has developed a clinical pharmacy service. He is privat docent in the pharmacy section, and he also teaches in the Department of  Fundamental Neurosciences at the University of Geneva. For the past few years, his research interests have been oriented towards a psychopharmacology applied to psychiatric disorders.

Mark   S. Bauer   is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and on staff in the Mental Health service of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.  He has been recognized with awards for his research, clinical expertise and teaching skills. He served for 11 years on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and has been named Exemplary Psychiatrist by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.