75 Best Schizophrenia Doctors Worldwide

1,100+ treatments performed by Dr. Pelin Tas Durmus at Moodist Psychiatry and Neurology Hospital.

• 12 years of experience in psychiatry
• Published research in the British Journal of Occupational Therapy
• Works with a multidisciplinary team for comprehensive evaluations

900+ procedures performed – Dr. Yusuf brings 15 years of psychiatric expertise to Moodist Hospital with a focus on personalized schizophrenia care.

• Personally reviews patient materials to tailor treatment plans
• Rated 4.5 by patients for quality of care
• Specializes in complex psychiatric assessments and interventions

Dr. Elmer Bustillo is the Medical Director at Satori Recovery in Spain. He provides international clinical leadership in addiction medicine and recovery support. Dr. Bustillo holds licenses to practice in both Spain and Honduras. He treats alcohol and drug addiction through medically supervised detoxification and residential programs.

• Leads multidisciplinary teams at a clinic with a 90% alcoholism treatment success rate.
• Served in the Alcohol and Drug Detoxification Unit at the National Psychiatric Hospital.
• Provides remote addiction care for patients in Europe, the US, and Latin America.
• Directs a 360–degree recovery program that manages medical and mental health needs.

Dr. Pichayut Kasemphakdeephong specializes in schizophrenia and addiction psychiatry at Phramongkutklao Hospital, combining clinical care with academic research.

• Provides psychiatric evaluations and treatment plans for complex mental health disorders
• Lectures on psychiatry best practices and latest research findings
• Committee member of the Thai Society for Addiction Psychiatry

Dr. Mark Semenov, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist licensed by the Israeli Ministry of Health since 2002. He graduated from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He completed a psychiatry residency and is a certified specialist.

He has postgraduate training in addiction medicine, healthcare management, and emergency medical care. His practice focuses on addiction and dual diagnosis (substance use disorders with co‑occurring psychiatric illnesses). He provides assessment, medication management, medically supervised detox, relapse prevention, stabilization, and long‑term follow‑up. He works within a multidisciplinary team.

Dra. Anna Belmonte Ibáñez is a specialist in adult psychiatry at Centro Médico Teknon (Barcelona). She is a member of PsiquiaTEK. She has over 10 years of experience in public mental health, outpatient care, and subacute hospitalization.

Accreditations: Degree in Medicine and Surgery (UAB, 1999–2005). Specialist in Psychiatry via MIR (Parc de Salut Mar, 2007–2011). She was Head of Service of the Subacute Psychiatric Hospitalization Unit at CAM (2016–2019). At Teknon since 03/2020.

Clinical scope: anxiety, depression, emotional regulation disorders, severe mental disorders, psychopharmacology, and hospital liaison psychiatry. She collaborates with Teknon’s ISADMU to support patients with inflammatory and systemic autoimmune diseases.

Leads the Deep TMS treatment unit at Sourasky Medical Center – a specialized brain stimulation therapy often used for major mental health conditions.

• Over 27 years of experience as a senior psychiatrist in leading medical centers
• Holds a clinic assistant position at Tel Aviv University for ongoing education
• Treats complex patients including those from the Ministry of Defense
• Member of the Israel and EMDR therapy associations

Dr. Cagdas Yokusoglu is a consultant psychiatrist with over 12 years of clinical experience. He specializes in adult psychiatry and evidence-based psychotherapy. He graduated from the English Medicine Program at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University. He completed his psychiatry residency at Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.

He has worked in public and private settings. He now provides psychiatric assessment and psychotherapy in private practice. His care is individualized and evidence-based, covering a wide range of psychiatric disorders.

His advanced training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Analysis, and psychopharmacology.

Dr. Özge Yükselay is a psychiatrist. She earned her medical degree from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her residency at Erenköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital. She has worked at Van Regional Training and Research Hospital, Erenköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital, and Moodist Neuropsychiatry Hospital. She brings broad clinical experience.

She combines psychotherapy with medical treatment. She also uses somatic therapies such as TMS, ECT, tDCS, and neurofeedback. Her practice includes depression, OCD, anxiety disorders, addiction, psychotic disorders, and mood disorders. She is interested in group therapy and psychodrama. She has a special focus on individual and group therapy for eating disorders.

MedR. Dr. med. Jutta Leth is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine. She is a registered client-centred psychotherapist at JUVENIS Medical Center in Vienna. She has around 40 years of medical practice. In 2022 she received the Austrian honorary title Medizinalrat.

Doctorate, University of Vienna (1986). Psychotherapist training at ÖGWG (1991–1996). On the Austrian Psychotherapist Register since 1997. Specialist training at Otto Wagner Hospital (1996–2001). Board-certified since 2001. Diplomas: psychosocial, psychosomatic, and psychotherapeutic medicine (2002); geriatrics and palliative (2006); environmental medicine (2007). CME diploma since 2006. EMDR and Brainspotting (2013).

Cooperating physician at JUVENIS since 2012. Ward-leading senior physician at the Addiction Centre, Klinik Penzing (until 2025). Focus areas: anxiety; neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders; trauma sequelae; affective disorders; psychoses; obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD); personality development; sleep; addiction (alcohol and prescription drugs; no opioid substitution). Languages: German and English.

Dr. Ufuk Çalışkan is a psychiatry specialist at Optimed International Çorlu Hospital. He provides evidence-based care and has more than 20 years of clinical experience.

He graduated from the GATA Faculty of Medicine in 1996. He completed his psychiatry residency at GATA in 2003. He has training in brief psychotherapies and REBT/CBT. He is a member of the Turkish Medical Association (Tekirdağ Medical Chamber).

He served as a military psychiatrist at Diyarbakır (2003–2007), Ankara Mevki (2007–2013), and Çorlu (2013–2016) Military Hospitals. He later worked at Private Optimed Hospital from 2017 to 2021. His expertise includes general adult psychiatry, mood and anxiety disorders, REBT, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and brief psychotherapy. He provides care in Turkish and English.

Prof. Dr. Vehbi Alp Üçok is a psychiatrist who focuses on schizophrenia and mood disorders. He graduated from the Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine in 1985. He started his psychiatry residency at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1988. He became a specialist in 1993, an associate professor in 1995, and a professor in 2001.

He founded the Psychotic Disorders Research Program (PAP) at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1996. After psychosocial skills training at UCLA and the Brentwood VA in 1998, he set up inpatient and outpatient group therapy for psychosis. He also provided individual, family, and group psychotherapy.

His research covers first-episode and later schizophrenia, people at risk for psychosis, treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and stigma. He helped start the WPA schizophrenia anti-stigma program in Türkiye in 1998 and has been the Turkey coordinator since 2001. He is a member of the WPA Schizophrenia and Stigma sections, the European Psychiatric Association Schizophrenia Section, TRRIP, STRATA, and EURONES. He has 126 international articles and more than 5,000 citations (as of 14.11.2014). His Web of Science h-index is 35.