Norman Sartorius, MD, MA, DPM, PhD, FRC Psych.

CV - Norman Sartorius, MD, MA, DPM, PhD, FRC Psych.

Dr Norman Sartorius obtained his M.D. in Zagreb (Croatia). He specialized in neurology and psychiatry and subsequently obtained a Masters Degree and a Doctorate in psychology (Ph.D.).
Dr Sartorius joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1967 and soon assumed charge of the programme of epidemiology in social psychiatry. He was also principal investigator of several major international studies on schizophrenia, on depression and on health service delivery. In 1977, he was appointed Director of the Division of Mental Health of WHO, a position which he held until mid-1993. In June 1993 Dr Sartorius was elected President of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and served as President-elect and then President until August 1999. In January 1999, Dr Sartorius took up his functions as President of the Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP). Dr Sartorius holds professorial appointments at the Universities of Geneva, Prague, Zagreb and at several other universities in Europe, the USA and China. He is a Senior Associate of the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore.
Dr Sartorius has published more than 300 articles in scientific journals, co-authored several books and edited a number of others.

Dr Sartorius is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, a Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine and of the Medical Academy of Mexico, a Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa of the Universities of Umea and of Prague, a Doctor of Science Honoris Causa of the University of Bath, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is an honorary member of numerous professional associations and advisory boards, both national and international. He is also a member of editorial and advisory boards of many scientific journals.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Professor Norman SARTORIUS

After elementary and high school in Croatia,

1958 University of Zagreb, Croatia M.D. Medicine
1962 University of Zagreb, Croatia M.A. Psychology
1963 University of Zagreb, Croatia Diploma Specialist in Psychiatry and Neurology (recognized as Fellowship of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists)
1965 University of Zagreb, Croatia Ph.D. Psychology
1965-1966 University of London, UK Postgraduate Fellowship and Research

Professional Positions:

1959-1967 University of Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry
1967-1968 Head of the WHO Interregional Advisory Team on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders
1969-1973 Medical Officer in charge of programmes of epidemiological and social psychiatry
and of standardization of psychiatric diagnosis, classification and statistics
1974-1977 Chief, Office of Mental Health, World Health Organization
1977-1993 Director, Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization
1990-2000 Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, University of London
1993-2001 Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva
1993-2001 Professor of Psychiatry, University of Prague
1994-1995 Professor Associé, Faculté de Medecine Pitié-Salpetriere, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
1982- Professor of Psychiatry, University of Zagreb
1982- Senior Associate, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health, Baltimore
1989- Visiting Professor, III. Medical School, University of Beijing
1993- Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University at St. Louis
1993- Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, New York University
1999- Scientific Director, WPA Global Programme against Stigma and Discrimination
because of Schizophrenia
2001- Visiting Professor, University of Prague
2002- Vice Chairman, WPA Presidential Programme on Child Mental Health
2003- Visiting Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2003- Honorary Professor, University of London

Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1981 Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, UK
1993-1999 President-elect and President, World Psychiatric Association
1997-2001 President-elect and President, Association of European Psychiatrists
1993- Member of the WHO Mental Health Expert Panel
1999- Member of the WPA Council
2001 Fellow Association of the European Psychiatrists

Editorial /Advisory Functions in journals

Editor
- Editeur associé, Psychiatrie et Psychobiologie : Section diagnostic et classification (1987)
- Editor, Psychiatria Danubina (1987)
- Corresponding editor, General Hospital Psychiatry (1978)
- Associate editor, International Journal of Mental Health (1989)
- Editor, WHO Expert Series in Biological Psychiatry (1991)
- Corresponding editor, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine (1993)
- Co-editor for Europe, Developmental Issues in Psychiatry and Psychology (1994)
- Chief Editor for Current Opinion in Psychiatry (1995)
- Editor, Redefining Mental Health

Member of editorial board
(Dates indicate beginning of membership)
- Editorial Board, Socijalna Psihijatrija (1972)
- Editorial Board, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry: An International Journal of Comparative
Cross-Cultural Studies (1976-)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
(1976-1987)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Affective Disorders (1978)
- Editorial Board, Neuropsychobiology (1978)
- Comité éditorial consultatif, Revue de l'Association Mondiale de Psychiatrie Sociale (1994)
- Editorial Board, ENGRAMI, Belgrade (1980)
- Editorial Board, Integrative Psychiatry (1982) Charter Fellow (1987)
- Editorial Board, The Scientific Basis of Psychiatry (1982-1988)
- Editorial Board Journal of Psychosocial Oncology (1984)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Schizophrenia Bulletin (1984)
- Editorial Committee, The European Journal of Psychiatry (1986)
- Editorial Consulting Board, American Psychiatric Press (1987)
- Editorial Board, Yugoslav Journal of Psychiatric Research (1989)
- International Congress Board, 5th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry (1989)
- Editorial Advisory Board of Primary Psychiatry (1994)
- Editor, Cahiers Psychiatriques Genevois (1994)
- Editorial Board, Psychiatry Today (1995)
- Editorial Board, CCEE/NIS Educational Publication Fund (1996)
- Editorial Board, Korsakoff J. of Neurology and Psychiatry (1997)
- International Editorial Committee for Psychiatry, Revista Chilena de Neuropsiquiatría (1997)
- Editorial Board, Primary Care in Psychiatry (1997)
- Editorial Advisory Board, J. of Mental Health Policy and Economics (1997)
- Editorial Board, PSYCHIATRIE - _asopsis pro moderní psychiatrii (1997)
- Editorial Board, Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry (1997)
- Board of Cooperating Editors, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
(1998)
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (1997)
- Comité Editorial francophone of Journal Watch for Psychiatry (1999)
- Editorial Board - Psychiatric Networks (1999)
- Editorial Board - Siberian Journal of Psychiatry and Narcology (1999 - verbal acceptance)
- Editorial Board of Paediatria Croatica
- Editorial Board of “Mental Health” (Kiev’s Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education’s
scientific journal) (2003-)
- Honorary Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Depression: Mind and Body (2002- )
- Editorial Board, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
- Honorary Editorial Board, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (2005)
Honours
Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa of the Universities of Umea (Sweden)
Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa of the University of Bath (UK)
Member of Medical Academy, Mexico
Member of Medical Academy, Peru
Corresponding Member of the Royal Medical Academy of Spain
Honorary Fellow of numerous professional associations including the American Psychiatric Association, the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom and of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Rema Lapouse Prize (Epidemiology)
Harvard Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine, 2004

Honorary Fellowships and Memberships
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain (1984-) and of the European International Division of the College (2004- )
- Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatrists (1988-)
- Honorary Fellow of the National Postgraduate College of Nigeria (1988-)
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
(1989-)
- Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (1990-)
- Honorary Fellow of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association (1993-)
- Honorable Corresponding Fellow of the Indian Society of Psychiatry (1994-)
- Honorary Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists (1996)
- Honorary Fellow of the American College of Mental Health Administration (2003)
- Honorary memberships of Societies (20+)

Publications
66 Books written or edited (including special supplements and special issues of journals)
302 Technical contributions, prefaces, editorials, notes, comments and interviews
303 Journal articles, chapters in books

Full list available on request

Languages
Fluent in Croatian, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish; able to read and understand Bulgarian, Italian and Slovenian