wise way combines specific research results with a versatile view of the human being and the patient as a bio-psychosocial whole". His commitment to the supervision of young researchers was also highlighted. On 12 May Professor Christopher Gillberg was presented with the prestigious 2016 INSAR Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. INSAR (The International Society for Autism Research), that nominates the laureate, is a scientific and professional organization devoted to advancing knowledge about autism spectrum disorders. INSAR Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges an individual who has made significant fundamental contributions to research on autism spectrum disorders that have had a lasting impact on the field. In 2010, the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre (GNC), within the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, was founded. The centre was officially inaugurated by HM Queen Silvia in May 2011. The GNC works actively to recruit young scientists in the research fields of autism, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder/ Conduct Disorder (ODD/CD), anorexia nervosa, intellectual developmental disorder, language disorder, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral paresis and other ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations). In January 2013 around 58 researchers were linked to the GNC. The staff at GNC and collaborators in other countries, work in child and adolescent psychiatry, child neurology, molecular genetics, community medicine, primary care, epidemiology, statistics, and twin methodology. External collaborators include University College London, Glasgow University, University of Edinburgh, University of Bergen, Karolinska Institute, Kōchi University, Kochi Prefecture, Young Epilepsy, and INSERM and the Pasteur Institute. The GNC also works to ensure the dissemination of research, not only using scientific and popular science publications, but by continuous updating of the website (www.gnc.gu.se) and through the organization of international conferences. Controversy Gillberg is also known for his role in a controversy relating to the confidentiality of medical records. The controversy involved public access under the Swedish Principle of Public Access (offentlighetsprincipen) to medical records and other personal data about a group of children participating in an early longitudinal study on ADHD/DAMP, commenced in 1977 at Gothenburg University. Two critics of DAMP and ADHD diagnoses, who had previously filed complaints that questioned the integrity of the study, invoked the Swedish Freedom of Information Act in order to gain access to the raw data of the study after their fraud allegations had been investigated and officially dismissed by the regional ethics committee. Gillberg