Psychiatrist. Director of the Psychiatry and Mental Health Unit in the University Hospital Principe de Asturias and the mental health network depending on it, in Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain. Associated Professor in the University of Alcala. Member of the Board for the Mental Health Strategy for the Spanish Mental Health System. Since 1995 collaborating with several NGOs (MdM, MSF, GAC…, universities) and International Organizations in different countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa