Bedirhan Ustun
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Koç UniversityLocation
Geneva Area, Switzerland SwitzerlandOccupation
Professor of Psychiatry and Bioinformatics, Koc UniversityIndustry
Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals
Website
www.who.int/classsificationsAbout
Dr. Üstün has worked in WHO since 1990 first in Mental Health, then in Evidence Cluster as an international health officer and formed multiple international networks on Classification and Assessment of Health and Disability; Mental Health Epidemiology, and Primary Care applications of classification and training programmes. He has conducted large scale epidemiological surveys such as the Psychological Problems in General Health Care (1990-1998) ; World Mental Health Surveys ( 1998- 2006) and World Health Surveys ( 1999-2003). Currently he is responsible for the WHO’s Family of International Classifications (ICD, ICF and other health classifications); development of standard...