Francisco Villar Cabeza
Francisco Villar Cabeza
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Psychiatry and PsychologyI received a degree in Psychology from the University of Barcelona in 2008, before specialising in Clinical Psychology at the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron Barcelona (2008 – 2011). I received a Doctorate in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2018), with my PhD focusing on suicidal behaviour in minors, which is the field in which I currently specialise. I undertook specific training in family therapy at the Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. In 2012 I started to work as a specialist doctor in acute hospitalisations, crisis outpatient treatment and external consultations in the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital’s Psychiatry and Psychology Department.
Since 2013 I have been part of the group of sponsors of the suicidal behaviour in minors care programme at the Hospital, a programme that I currently coordinate. Since the implementation of this protocol, various lines of research have opened up in the field of suicidal behaviour in minors, with the results being shared in articles, symposiums, oral presentations and posters in national and international congresses, as well as featuring in the media. In the area of prevention, I am also part of the specialist advisory group for suicide prevention of the “Mental Health and Addictions Master Plan” of the Department of Health of Catalonia.