Prof. Argyris Stringaris
University College London, UK
| Talk | Self-Harm in adolescents: trends and the current social context |
| Date | Friday, April 17, 2026 |
| Time | 11:35 - 12:20 |
| Round Table | #3. Self-Harm and Suicide: Risk, Prevention, and Clinical Realities |
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Argyris Stringaris is a clinician and neuroscientist. He has been the Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCL since January 2022 and is a Co-Director of the AIM lab and clinic at UCL. Professor Stringaris is also one of UCL's Pro-Vice Provosts co-leading the Grand Challenges for Mental Health and Wellbeing. Until 2022, he was a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Section of Clinical and Computational Psychiatry at NIMH/NIH in the USA and was a Senior Lecturer and a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. He trained in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital.
ABSTRACT
Professor Argyris Stringaris is a clinician and neuroscientist. He has been the Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCL since January 2022 and is a Co-Director of the AIM lab and clinic at UCL. Professor Stringaris is also one of UCL's Pro-Vice Provosts co-leading the Grand Challenges for Mental Health and Wellbeing. Until 2022, he was a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Section of Clinical and Computational Psychiatry at NIMH/NIH in the USA and was a Senior Lecturer and a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. He trained in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital.
REFERENCES
- Saunders, R., Suh, J. W., <...>, & Stringaris, A. (2025). Effectiveness of psychological interventions for young adults versus working age adults: a retrospective cohort study in a national psychological treatment programme in England. Lancet Psychiatry, 12, 650–659. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00207-X.
- Stringaris, A., & Vidal-Ribas, P. (2019). Probing the irritability-suicidality nexus. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(1), 18–20. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.08.014.
- Chiu, K., Stringaris, A., & Leigh, E. (2025). Social anxiety symptoms and their relationship with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in adolescents: A prospective study. JCPP Advances, 5(1), e12249. doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12249.
- Leibenluft, E., Allen, <...> & Stringaris, A. (2024). Irritability in youths: a critical integrative review. American Journal of Psychiatry, 181(4), 275–290. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230256.
- Jha, M. K., Minhajuddin, A., Chin Fatt, C., Kircanski, K., Stringaris, A. et al. (2020). Association between irritability and suicidal ideation in three clinical trials of adults with major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45, 2147–2154. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-0769-x.
- Krebs, G., Clark, B. R., Ford, T. J., & Stringaris, A. (2025). Epidemiology of body dysmorphic disorder and appearance preoccupation in youth: prevalence, comorbidity and psychosocial impairment. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 64(1), 30–40. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.01.017.
- Vidal-Ribas, P., Janiri, D., <...> & Stringaris, A. (2021). Multimodal neuroimaging of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in a U.S. population-based sample of school-age children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(4), 321–332. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20020120.