Francesc Colom, PsyD, MSc, PhD is Doctor Cum Laude in Psychology and Master in Social Psychiatry by the University of Barcelona (Spain), Post-Graduate in Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology (University of Barcelona) and Master in Affective Neuroscience by the University of Maastricht (Netherlands). Dr. Colom is the responsible of the Psychoeducation and Psychological Treatments Area at the Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program (IDIBAPS- Hospital Clinic University of Barcelona), which has performed the largest psychoeducation controlled single-blind trial with bipolar patients. The Barcelona Psychoeducation Program, designed by Dr. Colom and co-workers is nowadays the strongest evidence-based psychoeducational program for bipolar patients. Dr. Colom has lectured all over the world and published near to a hundred articles and book chapters on the subject of treatment compliance and psychoeducational issues in bipolar disorders. Dr. Colom has also written 12 books himself, all of them on subjects related to affective disorders and its treatment, and at least half of them devoted to increasing general knowledge about bipolar disorders. His book on psychoeducation (Cambridge University Press, 2006) has been also published in Spanish, Italian and French. Dutch and Korean versions will be available soon. He is a frequent consultant for radio programs in Spain, aimed at informing about mental health issues. Dr. Colom’s research work also focuses on assessment and pharmacological issues and on clinical issues such as comorbidity, personality and the cognitive and neuropsychological factors regarding bipolar disorders and particularly hypomania. He has published more than 60 research papers in indexed journals. He has been awarded with the prize of the Spanish Association of Psychiatry by his works on comorbidity issues in bipolar disorders and, as a part of the Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, is granted by the Stanley Research Foundation (Bethesda, USA). He also serves as scientific consultant of the National Bipolar Disorders Association in Spain, is member of the Board of Councilors of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, is referee and member of the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, co-chairs the Spanish edition of “Bipolar Disorders” and teaches in several masters, residency training programs, PhD courses and postgraduate studies. Dr. Colom has the privilege to hold a Honorary Senior Lecturer position at the Institute of Psychiatry of London. On june 2007 he received the prestigious “Mogens Schou Award” together with Professor Vieta, for their research in bipolar disorders. Despite all these facts, he receives no major attention by most psychology departments in Spain.