Diego De Leo

Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Griffith University, Brisbane; Director of the Department of Psychology at Primorska University, Slovenia; President-ELECT of the Italian Association of Psychogeriatrics; President of De Leo Fund in Padua, Italy

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Diego de Leo is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Griffith University in Brisbane. Professor de Leo was President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and co-founder and Past-President of the International Academy for Suicide Research (IASR) of which he is also co-founder of the journal Archives of Suicide Research.

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<p>Diego de Leo is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Griffith University in Brisbane. Professor de Leo was President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and co-founder and Past-President of the International Academy for Suicide Research (IASR) of which he is also co-founder of the journal Archives of Suicide Research. He was the initiator (2003) of the World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September). Professor de Leo has published extensively, with more than 500 peer-reviewed articles. He is Director of the Department of Psychology at Primorska University, Slovenia, and director of the Slovenian Center for Suicide Research. Professor De Leo is President-ELECT of the Italian Association of Psychogeriatrics and promoter of the national day to fight loneliness.</p>