Problems of Mental illness Stigma and co-morbidity
Norman Sartorius, M.D., M.A., D.P.M., Ph.D., FRC. Psych.
Dr Norman Sartorius, MD, MA, DPM, PhD, FRCPsych, 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.). He carried out clinical work and research and taught at graduate
and postgraduate levels at the University of Zagreb, at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, at
the University of Geneva and elsewhere.
Dr Sartorius joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1967 and soon assumed charge of
the programme of epidemiology and 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 Professor Sartorius was elected President of
the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and served as President-elect and then President until
August 1999. In January 1999, Professor Sartorius took up his functions as President of the
Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP) and is now the President of the International
Association for the Promotion of Mental Health Programmes and President of the Board of the
Prize of Geneva Foundation. Dr Sartorius holds professorial appointments at the Universities of
London, Prague and Zagreb and at several other universities in the USA and China. He is a
Senior Associate of the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Professor Sartorius has published more than 300 articles in s
