El estigma de las enfermedades mentales. Situación actual y perspectivas futuras

Prof. Murthy completed his postgraduate degree in Psychiatry (M.D.) in 1975, from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. He has been a Postgraduate Teacher of Psychiatry from 1975. His areas of interest has been community mental health, mental health policy, disaster mental health care and intellectual disability. He has published extensively in national and international journals (over 200 publications). Dr.Murthy has authored over 10 manuals of mental health care(for non-specialists) and co-edited 5 books. Prof. Murthy has been a short term Consultant(STC) to assist in the development of national programmes of mental health in a number of developing countries from 1985-2003. He was the Editor in Chief of the World Health Report 2001 of W.H.O. He has worked with World Health Organisation at the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Offices of Cairo and Amman. Currently, working as Mental Health Advisor, Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore. Prof.Murthy was awarded the Prof.Lopez-Ibor award in 2012.