Dr. Jordi Obiols
MD at the University of Barcelona, he
obtained the doctorate degree in Medicine in 1985.
Since 1995 he is professor of psychopathology
at the Department of Clinical and Health at the UAB.
He is the head of the Research Unit on
Psychopathology and Neuropsychology,
and coordinates the official Master
Research and Clinical Psychology
Master at the UAB. His field of
main interest is schizophrenia
and specifically the study of
psychobiological risk markers for
these psychoses. He has published several
monographs on schizophrenia and
more than a hundred research papers in scientific journals.
He was a regular contributor to BTV's "Saló de lectura" program and TV3's "L'hora del lector". He has given several lectures on the relationship between Art and mental illness and has several publications on the subject. He was the curator of the exhibition "Art and Madness. Joan Obiols Vié: psychiatrist and humanist" at the Joan Brossa Foundation