dOINA COZMAN

Doina Cozman is a professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu” Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Since 2020 she is the President of the Romanian Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.

She has been involved in the research of suicidology for over 20 years. She founded the first NGO of suicidology (Anti-Suicide Alliance, 1995) and the first crisis line in Romania - Telefonul Verde Antisuicid: 0800 801 200 (2013). Professor Doina Cozman is the CEO of the Romanian Alliance for Suicide Prevention. She was for many years National Representative of Romania in International Association for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention.

She was awarded in 2011 with Krepelin-Alzheimer Medal from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich as recognition for her merits in the research of suicidology.

She participated as Romanian Principal Investigator in two large projects founded by EU 7th Framework Program: SEYLE and WE-STAY regarding the prevention of suicidal behaviour in adolescents in Europe. She is also involved in researches about mental health, depression, addictions, validation in Romanian language of clinical tests, and neuropsychology.

Professor Cozman has a rich publishing activity in different languages (Romanian, French, English) being author and co-author of monographs focused on suicidal behaviour and mental health, such as: Suicide Prevention in Romania (in D. Wasserman and C. Wasserman, ed., Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention); Suicidology (Lambert Academic Publishing); Medical Psychology (Polirom), etc. She also published more than 80 articles cited in international prestigious journals (Lancet ,2015; Lancet Psychiatry, 2016, etc).

She is currently chief editor of Psihiatru.ro Journal.