Itzhak Levav
| Itzhak Levav | |
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 Itzhak Levav.jpg Itzhak Levav at 2017 | |
| Born | Itzhak Leon Lubchansky 11 February 1939 Mesía, Entre Rios Province, Argentina |
| 💀Died | 20 May 2024 (aged 85) Jerusalem, Israel20 May 2024 (aged 85) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| 🏅 Awards | * Simon Bolivar Award from the American Psychiatric Association (1989)
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Yitzhak Levav (in Hebrew 'יצחק לבב'. February 11, 1939 – May 20, 2024) was an Argentine-Israeli psychiatrist and epidemiologist. He was known for his research in the field of psychiatric epidemiology and social psychiatry, and for his contribution to the advancement of community psychiatry. He worked, among other things, as a regional consultant to the World Health Organization and as a research consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Health in the field of mental health. He was involved in the reorganization of mental health services, in steering the policy and development plans of these services. Levav taught at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, and in the Department of Community Mental Health at the University of Haifa, Israel..
External links
- List of publications at researchgate.net
- Remembering Itzhak Levav at Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy
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