José Miguel Caldas de Almeida
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José Caldas de Almeida directed the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Oeste and is a retired professor of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCM-UNL), which he directed from 2007 to 2013.
He presides over the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, which results from collaboration between FCM-UNL and the World Health Organization (WHO), and generates innovative knowledge in the area of mental health and provides technical collaboration to governments and non-governmental organizations.
Between 2000 and 2006, he coordinated the WHO Mental Health Program for the Americas and was a member of the scientific committee for 14 World Health Organization publications.
He was president of the National Mental Health Council and, from 2008 to 2011, he was appointed National Mental Health Coordinator, having been responsible for implementing the National Mental Health Plan until 2011. He led the Joint Action for Mental Health and Wellbeing in the European Union from 2013 to 2016.
Last updated: November 2020
He presides over the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, which results from collaboration between FCM-UNL and the World Health Organization (WHO), and generates innovative knowledge in the area of mental health and provides technical collaboration to governments and non-governmental organizations.
Between 2000 and 2006, he coordinated the WHO Mental Health Program for the Americas and was a member of the scientific committee for 14 World Health Organization publications.
He was president of the National Mental Health Council and, from 2008 to 2011, he was appointed National Mental Health Coordinator, having been responsible for implementing the National Mental Health Plan until 2011. He led the Joint Action for Mental Health and Wellbeing in the European Union from 2013 to 2016.
Last updated: November 2020
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