 He was born in Patras, Greece and studied medicine at the University of Athens.Subsequently, he trained in Neurology and Psychiatry in Athens, Oxford and London and obtained a PhD from the University of London in 1979.Between 1982 and 1999 he was a Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry Guy’s Medical School and United Medical and Dental Schools Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.