National Keynote Speaker

Head of Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University


Hungarian Psychiatric Association, Vice-president (2010-2014), President (2016-2018)

Hungarian Council of Psychotherapy Societies President


Semmelweis University Sleep Medicine Board Chair since 2019 


Hungarian Sleep Association, Founding member


In everyday medical practice, there are many situations that require some form of psychological support. Many medical complaints and physical illnesses are accompanied by psychological symptoms (most often anxiety, mood symptoms, irrational attitudes to therapy), which can have a decisive influence on treatment compliance and outcome and, if left untreated, can lead to mental disorders (e.g. depression, acute stress disorder, etc.). In addition, people with chronic illnesses very often have a comorbidity of some kind of mental disorder (most often depression). These situations make it necessary not only for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, but also for all doctors (and health care workers in general) to have at their disposal psychological methods that can be applied quickly and easily in the time-limited everyday situations of medicine. Fortunately, these methods are now available and are collectively known as Low Intensity Psychological Interventions (LIPI). They have the following common characteristics: 1. easy and quick to learn (even from a manual), 2. do not require special psychological training, 3. time-saving, and 4. easy to implement.