José Miguel Caldas De Almeida
Professor
Psychiatry
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Portugal
Biography
José Miguel Caldas de Almeida completed his PhD in Psychiatry at NOVA Medical School in 1986 and his Aggregation tests in 1990. He was Dean of this School between 2007 and 2013. He is the Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Hospital in West Lisbon since 2006 and was also the National Coordinator for Mental Health and Responsible for Implementation of the National Mental Health Plan, between 2008 and 2011. Since July 2000 until November 2005, I have worked in Washington DC as Coordinator of the WHO Mental Health Program for the Americas. He is the Coordinator of the European Joint Action "Mental Health and Well-being", 2013-2016, and Member of the European Initiative "ROAMER - Roadmap for Research on Mental Health in Europe: a collaborative vision to promote and integrate mental health research and well-being. "
Research Interest
Psychiatry and Mental Health
