Tamas Zonda, M.D., Ph.D.
Name: Tamás Zonda Date of Birth: 28.06.1940
Place of Birth: Budapest
Studies:
- 1959-1965 Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest;
- 1985-1988 Sociology, Budapest
Places of work:
- Balassagyarmat 1965-1980 Neuro-psychiatric Department;
- Budapest, Jahn Hospital Psychiatric Department
Function:
- Head of the Psychiatric Department (1982-2005)
- Gen.Secretary of Hungarian Ass. for Suicide Prevention 1992-
- National Representative of IASP (Hungary 1996-
Specializations:
- 1969 Specialist of Neurology
- 1971 Specialist of Psychiatry
Scientific degree: Ph.D (Psychiatry) 1996
Memberships:
- 1980- Hungarian Association of Psychiatry
- 1989- International Association for Suicide Prevention
- 1992- National Representative of IASP (Hungary)
- 1992- Hungarian Association for Suicide Prevention
- 2004- International Academy of Suicide Research
Study tours:
- 1980 Univ. Clinic of Frankfurt (psychiatry)
- 1992 The Samaritans (London) (suicidology)
Co-editor-in-Chief of periodic: “Mentálhigiéne és Pszichoszomatika” (Hungarian) 1980-2003
Awards:
- Jahn Ferenc Award (1988)
- Nyírő Gyula Award (1992)
- Nyírő Gyula Award (1995)
Books:
- Zonda T. Cultural history of suicide (1991) Budapest (Pp 235);
- Zonda T. Is Hungarians a suicide nation? (1995, 2004) Budapest. (Pp 26o);
- Zonda T. Suicide, statistics, society. Budapest 2006. (Pp 218);
No. of book chapters: 7
No. of. scientific publication (articles) 66
He is also a poet and, he published two poem tomes, and he is member of Hungarian Association of Hungarian Writers.
Hobby: jazz, more than hobby: literature, cultural history.