Anxiety Disorders Research Network

History

The Anxiety Disorders Research Network (ADRN) was founded at an inaugural meeting in Paris in May 2008, In 2010 the ADRN published a manifesto paper outlining the network’s aims and objectives, and in 2017, it released two influential consensus statements on biomarkers in anxiety disorders. In 2024 the network published a Delphi expert consensus guideline paper on the definition of treatment resistance anxiety disorders. From 2023-2024 the network was one of the first to design and conduct an ECNP course consisting of colloquia, on-line webinars and an assessed dissertation on Anxiety Disorders. The network continues to prioritise collaborative research on neurobiological factors, clinical outcomes, and treatment responses across diverse patient groups. The network is currently led by Simon Davies (chair) and Miriam Schiele (co-chair) and benefits from the continued participation of our three previous chairs, David Baldwin (UK), Borwin Bandelow (Germany) and Katharina Domschke (Germany).

Our Network organised a targeted meeting on “anxiety disorders across the lifespan”, held immediately after the ECNP 2018 Congress in Barcelona. More recently, we have published a Delphi Consensus paper on definitions of Treatment Resistance in Anxiety Disorders in World Journal of Psychiatry (2024) and continue to work on further collaborative papers. We have arranged academic symposia on anxiety disorders at the BAP and ECNP Congresses in 2023. We have a further symposium accepted for ECNP Munich 2026 entitled “Innovative approaches to understanding and treating anxiety disorders; from neurobiology to cutting edge therapies”. We have published over 30 papers with two or more Anxiety Disorders Research Network members in 2024 and 2025, examples of which are listed below

Simon Davies, Canada, and Miriam Schiele, Germany

Simon Davies

University of Toronto
Canada

Chair

Miriam Schiele

University of Freiburg
Germany

Co-chair

Core members

Member name	Institution	City	Country
David Baldwin	University of Southhampton	Southhampton	United Kingdom
Borwin Bandelow	University of Göttingen	Göttingen	Germany
Katja Beesdo-Baum	ICPP - TU Dresden	Dresden	Germany
Igor Branchi	Istituto Superiore di Sanità	Roma	Italy
Annette Brühl	University of Cambridge	Cambridge	United Kingdom
Julius Burkauskas	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences	Palanga	Lithuania
Bernardo dell’Osso	University of Milan	Milan	Italy
Katharina Domschke	University of Freiburg	Freiburg	Germany
Elias Eriksson	University of Göthenburg	Göthenburg	Sweden
Naomi Fineberg	University of Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	United Kingdom
Andres Herran	University of Cantabria	Santander	Spain
Iiris Hovatta	University of Helsinki	Helsinki	Finland
Milan Latas	Clinic of Psychiatry Belgrade	Belgrade	Serbia
Vasilios Masdrakis	University of Athens	Athens	Greece
Andres Metspalu	University of Tartu	Tartu	Estonia
Stefano Pallanti	Stanford University	Stanford	USA
Stefano Pini	University of Pisa	Pisa	Italy
Miriam Schiele	University of Freiburg	Freiburg	Germany
Koen Schruers	University of Maastricht	Maastricht	The Netherlands
Nicolas Singewald	University of Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Austria
Nic van der Wee	Leiden University Medical Center	Leiden	The Netherlands
Peter Zwanzger	University of Münster	Münster	Germany

Affiliated members

Member name	Institution	City	Country
Carlo Altamura	University of Milan	Milan	Italy
Jules Angst	University Hospital of Psychiatry Zürich	Zürich	Switzerland
Mats Fredrikson	Uppsala University	Uppsala	Sweden
Eduard Maron	University of Tartu	Tartu	Estonia
David Nutt	Imperial College London	London	United Kingdom
Joseph Zohar	Tel Aviv University	Tel Aviv	Israel

Early Career Academy member

Member name	Institution	City	Country
Nathan Huneke	University of Southampton	Southampton	United Kingdom

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Anxiety Disorders Research Network

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Publications

Stress resilience during the coronavirus pandemic

The impact of the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: a critical review across waves

Biological markers for anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD: A consensus statement. Part II: neurochemistry, neurophysiology and neurocognition.

The definition of treatment resistance in anxiety disorders: a Delphi method-based consensus guideline.

Integrative systematic review on pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and neurostimulatory treatment options in treatment-resistant anxiety disorders

Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on symptoms and interoception in trauma-related disorders and exposure to traumatic events: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Subjective fatigue in individuals with anxiety and mood disorders correlates with specific traits of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

Anxiety in post-covid-19 syndrome–prevalence, mechanisms and treatment.

Epigenetic markers of disease risk and psychotherapy response in anxiety disorders - a longitudinal analysis of the DNA methylome.

Therapygenetics: Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) is associated with behavioral treatment response to virtual exposure therapy in patients with spider phobia

Relationships between depersonalization-derealization symptoms and separation anxiety in adult patients with mood and anxiety disorders

Relationship between anhedonia, separation anxiety, attachment style and suicidality in a large cohort of individuals with mood and anxiety disorders.

Insomnia, anxiety and related disorders: a systematic review on clinical and therapeutic perspective with potential mechanisms underlying their complex link.