Project leader
	Dr Julia Gadoros, PhD                       Phone: +36/1/392-1410                                                                              Mobil:   +36/70/370-8410                                                               Fax:      +36/1/392-1411                        Email:  gadorosju@gmail.com

	Project staff
	Dr Andrea Biro, local study coordinator, specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry
	Phone: +36/1/392-1427
	Mobil:   +36/70/370-8400
	Fax:      +36/1/392-1401
	Email:   dr.biro.andi@gmail.com
	Jozsef Dotzi, deputy study coordinator
	Phone: +36/1/392-1437
	Mobil:   +36/70/370-8453
	Fax:      +36/1/392-1401
	Email:  dotzi@vadasnet.hu
	Noemi Nyitrai, local project manager       Phone: +36/1/392-1437                                                                              Mobil:   +36/70/370-8404                                                                            Fax:      +36/1/392-1401                                                                              Email:   penzugy@vadasnet.hu
	Margit Kovacs, lead nurse
	Phone: +36/1/392-1413
	Mobil:   +36/70/370-8430
	Fax:      +36/1/392-1401
	Email:   marguci75@gmail.com
	Dr Jozsef Halasz PhD, research clinician, specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry Phone: +36/1/392-1446                                                                              Mobil:   +36/70/370-8406                                                                               Fax:      +36/1/392-1401                                                                                Email:  halaszjoe@gmail.com
	Dr Peter Garas, research clinician, trainee in child and adolescent psychiatry                                                                                                           Phone: +36/1/392-1400                                                                               Mobil:   +36/70/370-8470                                                                            Fax:       +36/1/392-1401                                                                               Email:   kullacs@gmail.com
	Dr Adrienn Nemeth, research clinician, trainee in child and adolescent psychiatry                                                                                                         Phone: +36/1/392-1400                                                                  Mobil:   +36/70/370-8513                                                                             Fax:       +36/1/392-1401                                                                               Email:   dr.nemethadrienn@yahoo.com
	Dr Gergely Meszaros, research clinician, specialist registrar in child and adolescent psychiatry                                                                           Phone: +36/1/392-1406                                                                              Mobil:   +36/70-370-8408                                                                             Fax:       +36/1/392-1401                                                                                Email:  meszaros.gergely.83@gmail.com

Description of the organization

Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital and Outpatient Clinic is one of the leading Institutes of Hungarian child and adolescent psychiatry. To date, it is the only foundation owned institute in Hungary specialized in the treatment and intervention of mental disorders in children. Since its founding in 1993, more than 34,000 patients with different mental disorders and from different geographical origins within Hungary have been treated. With regard to the patients, the hospital manages approximately 5 to 10 new patients with ADHD a week and about 500 patients taking ADHD medication with regular checkups. In addition to the clinical work, the Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital is a highly respected research and educational centre.

Previous experience

The Institution has several research projects with national and international collaborations (the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; the Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Budapest, Hungary; the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; the University of Szeged, Hungary; The University of Debrecen, Hungary; the Medical School of the University of Pittsburgh, USA; Yale University, USA and the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) in different fields of child and adolescent psychiatry (depression, bipolar disorder, suicide, Tourette Syndrome, obsessive‐compulsive disorder, autism and ADHD).

Profile of staff members

The clinical and research teams comprise 7 child and adolescent psychiatrists, 8 psychologists and 6 special teachers.

Dr. Julia Gadoros (MD, PhD) is the founder and Medical Director of Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, one of the leading Institutes of Hungarian Child Psychiatry and is a specialist in psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy. As the Scientific and Medical Director of the Institute, she is heavily involved in both current research and everyday patient care. She has more than 100 peer reviewed papers in Hungarian and international journals, and has published several book chapters. Her main interest is the analysis of risk factors in adolescents with ADHD and related psychiatric conditions.

Judit Balázs (MD, PhD) is the Head of a Research Team of Vadaskert Research Center, and also a Senior Clinical Child Psychiatrist in the Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital and Outpatient Clinic. At the same time she is the Head of the Department of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology of Institute Psychology Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. She is tutor at the Doctoral School of the Semmelweis University, Budapest.  Her main interests are: ADHD, adolescent risk behaviors and suicide prevention. She is the first author of the Hungarian Guidelines on ADHD. She is the first author of several peer reviewed papers. She is currently the Hungarian partner Principal Investigator of two EU sponsored collaborative projects coordinated by the Karolinska Institute, and she just completed a third one.

Main tasks in the project

This partner will contribute to patient and control group recruitment of WP3 and WP8.