Davy Vancampfort

Davy Vancampfort (°1980) is an international expert in the field of physical therapy in psychiatry affiliated with the University of Leuven. He is president of the International Council of Physical Therapists in Psychiatry and Mental Health research group on schizophrenia. His research focuses mainly on the evidence of physical therapy and mind-body interventions in patients with severe mental illness including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and eating disorders. His research group demonstrated together with the University Medical Centre in Utrecht and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York the relevance of mind-body interventions including yoga and progressive muscle relaxation in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Together with University of Leicester and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York his research team also demonstrated that patients with severe mental illness are at an increased risk for cardio-metabolic diseases, especially those patients taking antipsychotic medication.