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GEORGIOS GIANNAKOPOULOS

Georgios Giannakopoulos is a permanent Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He holds a degree from the Medical School of NKUA (2003), is a graduate of the interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program "Health Promotion and Education" of the Medical School and the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology of NKUA (2006), a Ph.D. from the Medical School of NKUA (2011), and a holder of the medical specialty title in Child Psychiatry (2011).

He has worked in various educational, research, and clinical settings. Since 2020, he has been serving as a faculty member in the University Child Psychiatry Clinic at the "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital. He teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate programs and provides clinical work as the head of the Inpatient Unit.

He has participated in national and transnational funded research programs and numerous national and international conferences with presentations and announcements. His publications include more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed, foreign and Greek, scientific journals and collective volumes. His research interests focus on psychometrics, traumatic stress, the interactions of physical and mental health and quality of life of children and parents, psychotherapy, and qualitative research.

Selected publications:

  1. Giannakopoulos G, Dimitrakaki C, Pedeli X, Kolaitis G, Rotsika V, Ravens-Sieberer U, Tountas Y: Adolescents' wellbeing and functioning: relationships with parents' subjective general physical and mental health. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:1-9.
  2. Giannakopoulos G, Kazantzi M, Dimitrakaki C, Tsiantis J, Kolaitis G, Tountas Y: Screening for children’s depression symptoms in Greece: the use of the Children’s Depression Inventory in a nation-wide school-based sample. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2009, 18(8):485-492.
  3. Giannakopoulos G, Mihas C, Dimitrakaki C, Tountas Y: Family correlates of adolescents’ emotional/behavioural problems: evidence from a Greek school‐based sample. Acta Paediatrica 2009, 98(8):1319-1323.
  4. Giannakopoulos G, Panagiotakos D, Mihas C, Tountas Y: Adolescent smoking and health‐related behaviours: interrelations in a Greek school‐based sample. Child: Care, Health and Development 2009, 35(2):164-170.
  5. Giannakopoulos G, Tzavara C, Dimitrakaki C, Kolaitis G, Rotsika V, Tountas Y: The factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Greek adolescents. Annals of General Psychiatry 2009, 8:1-7.
  6. Giannakopoulos G, Tzavara C, Dimitrakaki C, Kolaitis G, Rotsika V, Tountas Y: Emotional, behavioural problems and cigarette smoking in adolescence: findings of a Greek cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:1-7.
  7. Giannakopoulos G, Tzavara C, Dimitrakaki C, Ravens-Sieberer U, Tountas Y: Adolescent health care use: investigating related determinants in Greece. JournalofAdolescence 2010, 33(3):477-485.
  8. Kolaitis G, Giannakopoulos G, Liakopoulou M, Pervanidou P, Charitaki S, Mihas C, Ferentinos S, Papassotiriou I, Chrousos GP, Tsiantis J: Predicting pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder after road traffic accidents: the role of parental psychopathology. Journal of Traumatic Stress 2011, 24(4):414-421.
  9. Argyriou E, Petroggona M, Charitaki S, Belivanaki M, Giannakopoulos G, Kolaitis G: Aripiprazole in children and adolescents with schizophrenia. Current Psychopharmacology 2012.
  10. Athanassiadou E, Giannakopoulos G, Kolaitis G, Tsiantis J, Christogiorgos S: Preparing the child facing surgery: the use of play therapy. Psychoanalytic Social Work 2012, 19(1-2):91-100.
  11. Giannakopoulos G, Assimopoulos H, Petanidou D, Tzavara C, Kolaitis G, Tsiantis J: Effectiveness of a school-based intervention for enhancing adolescents' positive attitudes towards people with mental illness. Mental illness 2012, 4(2):79-83.
  12. Petanidou D, Giannakopoulos G, Tzavara C, Dimitrakaki C, Ravens-Sieberer U, Kolaitis G, Tountas Y: Identifying the sociodemographic determinants of subjective health complaints in a cross-sectional study of Greek adolescents. Annals of General Psychiatry 2012, 11(1):17.
  13. Agapidaki E, Souliotis K, Christogiorgos S, Leonardou A, Kolaitis G, Giannakopoulos G, Dimitrakaki C, Tountas Y: A theory-based educational intervention to pediatricians in order to improve identification and referral of maternal depression: a quasi-experimental study. Annals of General Psychiatry 2013, 12(1):37.
  14. Christogiorgos S, Tzikas D, Widdershoven-Zervaki M-A, Dimitropoulou P, Athanassiadou E, Giannakopoulos G: Hypochondriacal anxieties in adolescence. The Open Psychology Journal 2013, 6(1).
  15. Giannakopoulos G, Dimitrakaki C, Papadopoulou K, Tzavara C, Kolaitis G, Ravens-Sieberer U, Tountas Y: Reliability and validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Greek adolescents and their parents. Health 2013, 2013.
  16. Karambetsos C, Kouskoukis C, Giannakopoulos G, Agapidaki E, Mihas C, Katsarou A, Miridakis C, Vatakis A, Kolaitis G: A comparison of mental health problems among children with alopecia areata or atopic dermatitis and their parents. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 2013:162-172.
  17. Kolaitis G, Giannakopoulos G, Dimitrakaki C, Tountas Y: A theory-based educational intervention to pediatricians in order to improve identification and referral of maternal depression: a quasi-experimental study. Annals of General Psychiatry 2013, 12(37).
  18. Manti P, Giannakopoulos G, Giouroukou E, Georgaki-Angelaki H, Stefanidis CJ, Mitsioni A, Stergiou N, Mihas C, Chrousos GP, Magiakou MA: Psychosocial and cognitive function in children with nephrotic syndrome: association with disease and treatment variables. BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2013, 7(1):10.
  19. Marini E, Giannakopoulos G, Charitaki S, Belivanaki M, Salavou V, Liakopoulou M, Kolaitis G: Mental health of adolescents with type I diabetes: a case report. Health 2013, 5(8):1268-1271.
  20. Christogiorgos S, Giannakopoulos G: School refusal and the parent-child relationship: a psychodynamic perspective. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy 2014, 13(3):182-192.
  21. Giannakopoulos G, Agapidaki E, Dimitrakaki C, Oikonomidou D, Petanidou D, Tsermidou L, Kolaitis G, Tountas Y, Papadopoulou K: Early childhood educators’ perceptions of preschoolers' mental health problems: a qualitative analysis. Annals of General Psychiatry 2014, 13:1-6.
  22. Giannakopoulos G, Triantafyllou K, Christogiorgos S: Self-destruction and countertransference reactions in adolescent psychotherapy: a psychoanalytic case report. Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry 2014, 1(3):00019.
  23. Kolaitis G, Giannakopoulos G, Tomaras V, Christogiorgos S, Pomini V, Layiou-Lignos E, Tzavara C, Rhode M, Miles G, Joffe I: Self-esteem and social adjustment in depressed youths. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2014, 83(4):249-251.
  24. Kostakou K, Giannakopoulos G, Diareme S, Tzavara C, Doudounakis S, Christogiorgos S, Bakoula C, Kolaitis G: Psychosocial distress and functioning of Greek youth with cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional study. BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014, 8(1):13.
  25. Papadopoulou K, Tsermidou L, Dimitrakaki C, Agapidaki E, Oikonomidou D, Petanidou D: A qualitative study of early childhood educators' beliefs and practices regarding children's socioemotional development. Early Child Development and Care 2014, 184(12):1843-1860.
  26. Petanidou D, Giannakopoulos G, Tzavara C, Dimitrakaki C, Kolaitis G, Tountas Y: Adolescents’ multiple, recurrent subjective health complaints: investigating associations with emotional/behavioural difficulties in a cross-sectional, school-based study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2014, 8(1):3.
  27. Christogiorgos S, Giannakopoulos G: Parental presence and countertransference phenomena in psychoanalytic psychotherapy of children and adolescents. Psychoanalytic Social Work 2015, 22(1):1-11.
  28. Giannakopoulos G: Maternal antidepressant use and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Journal of the American Medical Association 2015, 314(12):1293-1294.
  29. Giannakopoulos G: Trends in mental health care among children and adolescents. New England Journal of Medicine 2015, 373(11):1078-1079.
  30. Giannakopoulos G, Petanidou D, Tzavara C, Dimitrakaki C, Kolaitis G, Tountas Y: Psychosomatic symptoms, smoking and binge drinking in adolescence: a nationwide study in Greece. International Archives of Medicine 2015, 8.
  31. Giannakopoulos G, Tzavara C, Kolaitis G: Preventing psychosocial problems and promoting health-related quality of life in children and adolescents struggling with parental depression. Open Journal of Depression 2015, 4(02):24.
  32. Kolaitis G, Giannakopoulos G: Greek financial crisis and child mental health. Lancet 2015, 386(335):61402-61407.
  33. Kolaitis G, Triantafyllou K, Giannakopoulos G, Papanikolopoulou P, Lazaratou H, Tsiantis J: Psychosocial impact in earthquake exposed Greek pupils and their parents. In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: 2015: SPRINGER; 2015: S211-S211.
  34. Laggari V, Giannakopoulos G, Triantafyllou K, Deligeoroglou E, Tsiantis J, Creatsas G, Christogiorgos S: Self-reported psychopathological symptoms in young females with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome: findings from a cross-sectional study. Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry 2015, 2(3):00069.
  35. Anagnostopoulos D, Korlou S, Sakellariou K, Kondyli V, Sarafidou J, Tsakanikos E, Giannakopoulos G, Liakopoulou M: Comorbid psychopathology and clinical symptomatology in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatriki 2016, 27(1):27-36.
  36. Anagnostopoulos DC, Giannakopoulos G, Christodoulou NG: A compounding mental health crisis: reflections from the Greek experience with Syrian refugees. American Journal of Psychiatry 2016, 173(11):1081-1082.
  37. Anagnostopoulos DC, Triantafyllou K, Xylouris G, Bakatsellos J, Giannakopoulos G: Migration mental health issues in Europe: the case of Greece. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2016, 25(1):119-122.
  38. Florou A, Widdershoven M-A, Giannakopoulos G, Christogiorgos S: Working through physical disability in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with an adolescent boy. Psychoanalytic Social Work 2016, 23(2):119-129.
  39. Giannakopoulos G, Anagnostopoulos DC: Child health, the refugees crisis, and economic recession in Greece. The Lancet 2016, 387(10025):1271.
  40. Giannakopoulos G, Anagnostopoulos DC: Psychiatric reform in Greece: an overview. BJPsych bulletin 2016, 40(6):326-328.
  41. Giannakopoulos G, Chouliaras G, Margoni D, Korlou S, Hantzara V, Panayotou I, Roma E, Liakopoulou M, Anagnostopoulos DC: Stressful life events and psychosocial correlates of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease activity. World Journal of Psychiatry 2016, 6(3):322.
  42. Kolaitis G, Pervanidou P, Giannakopoulos G, Chrousos G: Traffic accidents: epidemiology, risk factors, psychosocial and neuroendocrine impact on children and adolescents. In: Traffic Accidents and Safety: New Research. edn.: Nova Science Publishers; 2016.
  43. Rajani N, Giannakopoulos G, Filippidis F: Job insecurity, financial difficulties and mental health in Europe. Occupational Medicine 2016, 66(8):681-683.
  44. Vlassopoulos M, Tsipra I, Sakellariou A, Lagakou E, Christodoulou A, Giannakopoulos G, Anagnostopoulos DC, Lazaratou H: Interventions during preschool & early school years for the prevention of learning disorders. International Journal of Public Health and Health Systems 2016, 1(1):5.
  45. Anagnostopoulos DC, Giannakopoulos G, Christodoulou NG: The synergy of the refugee crisis and the financial crisis in Greece: impact on mental health. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2017, 63(4):352-358.
  46. Giannakopoulos G: Concurrent validity of the computer-assisted structured diagnostic interview (CASDI) for children and adolescents aged 8-18 years old. The Open Psychology Journal 2017, 10(1).
  47. Thomaidis L, Choleva A, Janikian M, Bertou G, Tsitsika A, Giannakopoulos G, Anagnostopoulos D: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and cognitive skills of preschool children. Psychiatriki 2017, 28(1):28-36.
  48. Ntre V, Papanikolaou K, Triantafyllou K, Giannakopoulos G, Kokkosi M, Kolaitis G: Psychosocial and financial needs, burdens and support, and major concerns among Greek families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). International Journal of Caring Sciences 2018, 11(2):985-995.
  49. Paradeisioti A, Papacosta ES, Giannakopoulos G, Kolaitis G: Bullying, peer victimization, and emotional problems in Cypriot adolescents referred to mental health services—a comparison of normative and clinical data. Journal of School Violence 2019, 18(1):134-145.
  50. Giannakopoulos G, Margoni D, Chouliaras G, Panayiotou J, Zellos A, Papadopoulou A, Liakopoulou M, Chrousos G, Kanaka-Gantenbein C, Kolaitis G: Child and parent mental health problems in pediatric celiac disease: a prospective study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2020.
  51. Chudal R, Tiiri E, Brunstein Klomek A, Ong SH, Fossum S, Kaneko H, Kolaitis G, Lesinskiene S, Li L, Huong MN: Victimization by traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the combination of these among adolescents in 13 European and Asian countries. European Child &Adolescent Psychiatry 2021:1-14.
  52. Giannakopoulos G, Kolaitis G: Sleep problems in children and adolescents following traumatic life events. World Journal of Psychiatry 2021, 11(2):27.
  53. Giannakopoulos G, Mylona S, Zisimopoulou A, Belivanaki M, Charitaki S, Kolaitis G: Perceptions, emotional reactions and needs of adolescent psychiatric inpatients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews. BMC Psychiatry 2021, 21:1-10.
  54. Giannakopoulos G, Solantaus T, Tzavara C, Kolaitis G: Mental health promotion and prevention interventions in families with parental depression: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders 2021, 278:114-121.
  55. Koutsouradi G, Giannakopoulos G, Dalma A, Lagiou A, Kolaitis G, Benetou V: Healthcare providers’ cultural competence from the perspective of newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers: A qualitative study in Greece. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 2022:1-14.
  56. Kolaitis G, Zaravinos-Tsakos F, Rokas I-M, Syros I, Tsakali A, Belivanaki M, Giannakopoulos G: Navigating young minds: reliability and validity of the Greek version of kiddie–schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia–present and lifetime DSM-5 version (K-SADS-PL-GR-5). BMC psychiatry 2023, 23(1):614.