President of Azerbaijan Psychiatric Association,
Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of the Department
of Psychiatry
of the Azerbaijan Medical University,
Board member and vice president of Intrnational psychotherapyacademy,
International expert in general and judicial psychiatry,
Author of textbooks on Psychiatry and
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Scientific, medical,pedagogical and social activities
1973 Baku, Azerbaijan - Granted PhD scientific degree.
1983 Moscow, Russian Federation - Granted Doctor of Medical Science degree
1984-1993 Baku, Azerbaijan - Chief Psychiatrist of Azerbaijan Republic
1994-2003 Baku, Azerbaijan - Member of the expert counsel in Azerbaijan President's the Supreme Certification Commission
from 1999 Hisversum, Holland - Member of the editorial board of the "Reviews of Modern Psychiatry" international journal
from 2000 Baku, Azerbaijan - Medical-Scientific Council of Ministry of Health, Chair of Psycho-neurology issues commission
1990-2009 Baku, Azerbaijan - Supervisor of ten dissertations
from 1969 - The author of more than 200 scientific papers on biological and clinical psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychotherapy, mental health policy, social and forensic psychiatry
Academic activity
1970 Baku, Azerbaijan - Assistant of the Dept of Psychiatry, AMU
1974 Baku, Azerbaijan - Доцент кафедры психиатрии АМУ.
Since 1985 Baku, Azerbaijan - Associate Professor of the Dept of Psychiatry , AMU
Since 1999 Baku, Azerbaijan - Professor of the Dept of Psychiatry, AMU
1998, 2013 Azerbaijan - Author of text book on Psychiatry, the 1st and 2nd edition
2002, 2008 Baku, Azerbaijan - Author of text book on Clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th edition. In general published 10 books.
From 1996 - Promoted international education for more than 80 Azerbaijani psychiatrists
Public activity
From 1993 to 2010 - Was a member of Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry organization .
1996 Baku, Azerbaijan - President of the Azerbaijan Psychiatric Association.
1997-2001 Baku, Azerbaijan - Head of task force on development of Mental health Law, and still works in this position
since 1999 - Board member of worldwide Psychiatric Association
since 2005 - Vise President in that Academy
since/from 2000 Strasbourg, France - Member of European Psychiatric Association.
2001 Colorado, the USA - Member of Advisory Council of the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy.
2004-2007 London, the UK - Leader of the working group
2007 Baku, Azerbaijan -
Member of the Expert Council for Mental health Strategy Development