Personal information
Date of birth: 16th January 1946
Place of birth: Verbania
Studies
1963 Bachelor of Arts
1965-1969 Internship at the University of Milan General Pathology Institute
1969 Degree in Medicine and Surgery (with credit). Experimental thesis: "Amyloidosis in thymectomized mice at birth treated with antilymphocyte serum"
1970 Professional qualification and enrolment in the medical register of Milan
1974 Specialisation in Psychiatry at the University of Milan. Thesis: "The issue of genetic markers of schizophrenia: an experimental approach according to HLA and MLC systems" (with credit)

Academic roles
1971-1972 Assistant researcher at the Centro Studio Sclerosi Multipla, University of Milan, Ospedale di Gallarate
1972 Appointed temporary assistant for the Chair of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1972 Appointed Assistant for the Chair of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1973 Assistant Professor for the Chair of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1977-1980 Temporary Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1981 Confirmed Attending Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1985 Temporary Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1986 Appointed as Scientific Coordinator at the Department of Neuropsychic Sciences, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
1989 Appointed as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Milan
1992 Appointed as Professor of Psychiatry, University of Milan

Assistant roles
1972-1974 Assistant in the female ward of the Psychiatric Clinic of Milan (Affori branch, "Romeo Vuoli" block)
1975-1983 Consultant Psychiatrist at the Medical Clinic IV at Milan General Hospital; works as an Assistant and on active duty at the admission block of Milan General Hospital; works on an outpatient basis for the treatment and prevention of depression as Staff Supervisor
1983-1988 Assistant on an outpatient basis at the Psychiatric Clinic IV at Ospedale San Paolo, Milan
1988 onwards Head of a hospital ward with 48 beds for the diagnosis and treatment of Mood Disorders, a hospital ward with 19 beds for the diagnosis and treatment of Psychotic Disorders, and a hospital ward with 26 beds for Organic Mental Syndromes and Alcohol Abuse at the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan At the same time, he has started a training project for medical and paramedical personnel about specific diseases and he is in charge of the teams working in the field of Mood disorders, Psychotic Disorders and Organic Mental Disorders both on an outpatient and inpatient basis. His clinical activity takes place mainly within the Center for the diagnosis and treatment of Mood Disorders created in 1988. The Center operates both on an outpatient and inpatient basis; its team make diagnoses and devise therapies for Mood Disorders and warrant long-term follow-ups in order to keep under control the most troublesome feature of the disease, i.e. relapses. This is the only Center in Italy where a peculiar non-pharmacological therapeutic technique has been devised for the treatment of depression, i.e. sleep deprivation.

Teaching activity
Postgraduate Schools
1973-1981 In charge of the course of Pathologic Biochemistry of the nervous system, Children's Neuropsychiatry Postgraduate School, University of Milan
1974-1977 In charge of the course of Pathologic Biochemistry of the nervous system, Psychiatry Postgraduate School, University of Milan
1977-1986 In charge of the course of Psychiatric Genetics, Psychiatry Postgraduate School, University of Milan
1979-1980 In charge of the course of Epidemiology and Preventive Treatment of socially relevant non-infectious disease: the psychiatric diseases, Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Postgraduate School, University of Milan
1981-1986 Teacher of Neuropharmacology, Pharmacology Postgraduate School, Faculty of Pharmacology, University of Milan
1986 onwards Teacher of Clinical Psychiatry, Psychiatry Postgraduate School, 2nd year, University of Milan
1987 onwards Teacher of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychiatry Postgraduate School, University of Milan
1990 onwards Teacher of Psychopharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology Postgraduate School, University of Milan

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
1971-1981 Active teaching role in exercise sessions and graduation commissions, and as supervisor and counsellor for experimental theses at the Psychiatric Clinic I, University of Milan
1977-1981 Teacher of Clinical Psychiatry at Polo Centrale General Hospital
1981-1988 Teacher of Clinical Psychiatry at the Independent Teaching Branch, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan
1988-1992 Teacher of Clinical Psychiatry at the Ospedale San Raffaele Teaching Branch, Milan
1992 onwards Teacher of Psychiatry by entrusting of Mental Hygiene within the integrated course of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology at the Ospedale San Raffaele Teaching Branch, Milan

Faculty of Psychology
1999-2000 In charge of the course of Psychiatry by entrusting at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Experimental teaching.
Over the years, a problem-solving teaching method with a strong interactive connotation has been devised for the students of the Faculty of Medicine, based on small working groups, and aimed at the acquisition of abilities as well as specific knowledge in the field of psychiatric competence for the general practitioner. Thus, specific material has been designed for such a project, which has been favourably welcomed by students and experts of the University of Milan.
Since 1970s, special attention has been paid to the training of students who choose psychiatry as their graduation subject, so that they can reach the necessary experimental experience for their postgraduation clinical and research activity. As for postgraduate schools, again the teaching has always been based on experimental and interactive teaching modes.
Update teaching. Since 1988, refresher courses and permanent training courses in Psychopharmacology have been organised both for general practitioners and psychiatrists in Lombardia and all over Italy.
Between 1990 and 1993, residential courses for psychiatrists from all over the country have been organised in association with the Chairs of Psychiatry of the Universities of Rome, Pisa, and Genoa (Psichiatria 90).
Since 1994, one-week residential courses for 25 participants have been organised at the Clinic twice a year, with the aim of improving students' knowledge in clinical psychopharmacology through both theoretical seminar and practical-clinical activities.