Lars Bjerkenstedt är professor i allmänpsykiatri vid Strömstad Akademi sedan 14 oktober 2009.
Lars Bjerkenstedt föddes 1940 och växte upp i Sundbyberg och Solna. Han blev filosofie kandidat 1960 vid Stockholms universitet, med.kand. 1962 och med.lic. 1967 vid Karolinska Institutet, 1972 specialist i allmän psykiatri, 1978 medicine doktor och 1983 docent vid Karolinska Institutet, 1985 legitimerad psykoterapeut, 1985-1999 klinikchef/chefsöverläkare vid Östermalm-Lidingö psykiatriska klinik, 2000 chefläkare Stockholms Läns Landsting, 2000-2005 docent vid FoU-enheten Karolinska sjukhuset, 2007-2008 gästprofessor i allmän psykiatri vid Institutionsstyrelsen (INR) Linköpings universitet, 2008-2009 sekreterare Svenska Aminosyresällskapet. Under åren 1989 till 1999 genomgick han tre ledarskapsprogram. Under åren som klinikchef författade Bjerkenstedt ett trettiotal kvalitetssäkringsrapporter i SPRI-lines regi.
Bjerkenstedt har sedan 1972 publicerat ett 70-tal titlar varav sedan år 1985 en speciell inriktning mot relationer mellan perifer aminosyreomsättning inklusive aminosyretransport, monoaminer och kliniska variabler vid olika psykiatriska sjukdomstillstånd utgjort den vetenskapliga tyngden.
Bjerkenstedt är medlem sedan 1967 i Sveriges Läkarförbund samt Svenska Läkarsällskapet, sedan 1972 till och med år 2000 i Svenska Psykiatriska Föreningen, sedan 1974 i Skandinaviska Sällskapet för Neuropsykofarmakologi, sedan 1998 medlem i Svenska Schizofrenisällskapet samt sedan 2008 medlem i Svenska Aminosyresällskapet.
Lars Bjerkenstedt was appointed as full Professor of General Psychiatry of Strömstad Academy in October 2009.
Lars Bjerkenstedt was born and grew up in Sundbyberg and Solna.
His academic history is as follows;
1960 graduate in Faculty of Arts, University of Stockholm, Sweden, 1962 Graduate in Faculty of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1967 registered doctor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1972 specialist in General Psychiatry, 1978 M.D. Thesis, Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1983 Ass. Professor of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1985 registered Psychotherapist, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1989 Management Program for Leading Physicians at the County of Stockholm, Sweden, 1995 Diplomaed at the Stockholm School of Economics in the Development Program for Leading Physicians in Health Care, 1997 -1999 Diplomaed at the county of Stockholm in Management Program for Leading Physicians Present appointment, 1998 Evaluated as competent for professorship in general psychiatry at The medical faculty, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 1998 Diplomaed in Quality Training (QUL) at Facere Business Development Company.
1985 until 1999 Head of Östermalm-Lidingö Psychiatric Clinic, Stockholm County, 2000-02-01 until 2000-03-31 Headphysician of North-east Production Area, Stockholm County, 2000-04-01 until 2000-08-31Headphysician of North County Production Area, Stockholm County, 2000 – 2002 Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005 until 2005-08-31 Assoc. Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007 until 2008-06-30 Guest Professor in general psychiatry, Institutionsstyrelsen (INR), University of Linköping, Sweden, 2008-05-21 until 2008-07-05 Secretary Svenska Aminosyresällskapet, 2008-07-05 until 2009-09-11 Secretary and Chairman Svenska Aminosyresällskapet.
Bjerkenstedt has since 1972 published about 70 papers. Since 1985 most papers are about relationships between amino acid turnover including amino acid transport, monoamine metabolites and clinical variables in different mental disorders.
Membership of scientific societies
1967 Member of the Swedish Society of Physicians, 1972 - 2000 member of the Swedish Society of Psychiatrist, 1974 member of the Scandinavian Society for Neuropsychopharmacology, 1980 member of the Scandinavian Society for Biological Psychiatry, 1993 member of the Swedish Society of Psychiatrist in Stockholm, 1998 Member of the Society of Schizophrenia (Swedish foundation), 2008 Member of The Swedish Amino Acid Society.