Association for the improvement of mental health programs, Geneva, Switzerland
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8708-6289Scopus Author ID: 7102159482
Academic degree: MD, PhD, FRCPsych, Professor.
Position: CEO, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes.
Additional information: Former Director of the WHO Division of Mental Health (until 1993). President of the World Psychiatric Association (1993-1999) and European Psychiatric Association (1997-2001). Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK), Honorary Member of the Medical Academies of Croatia, Mexico and Peru, and Corresponding Member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine (Spain) and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Bath (1990), University of Florida (2015), and Honorary Doctor of Psychology from the University of Copenhagen.
Publications: Author, co-author or editor of more than 120 books and has published over 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Of these, 614 publications are indexed with 40,995 citations in Scopus, and more than 500 publications are indexed with over 47,000 citations in Web of Science.
Citation Metrics: Scopus h-index — 82, Web of Science h-index — 110.
Editorial activities: Member of the editorial boards of the peer-reviewed journals: "Current Opinion in Psychiatry", "Acta Medica Academica", and "International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice".
Public activities: The main focus of his current work and public engagement includes advocacy for rights of patients with mental disorders, combating stigma and prejudice associated with mental illness, addressing comorbidity of mental and physical disorders, psychiatric education, and improving mental health services worldwide.
