Allan H. Young holds the Chair of Mood Disorders at King's College London where he is also Director of the Centre for Affective Disorders within the Department of Psychological Medicine in the Institute of Psychiatry. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed publications and a number of books about psychopharmacology and affective disorders, including Bipolar Disorders: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications and Practical Management of Bipolar Disorder. He is currently President of the International Society for Affective Disorders and Chair of the Psychopharmacology Special Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.