Irismar Reis de Oliveira, MD

Dr. Irismar Reis de Oliveira is a full Professor of Psychiatry in the Postgraduate Program at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, where he received his MD in 1978. His educational background includes a residency in Psychiatry at the Cochin Port-Royal Faculty of Medicine, at “Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne,” Paris, France (1983-1987), and a PhD in Neuropsychopharmacology at the Post-Graduate Unit of the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia (1993-1995).

His professional background includes activities in the Department of Pharmacology, serving as an Assistant (1981-1991) and Associate Professor of Pharmacology (1992-1996); in the Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, serving as an Adjunct (1997-1999) and full Professor of Psychiatry (2000-2009); and as Head of the Psychiatry Service at the University
Hospital, Federal University of Bahia (2000-2009). He now serves as a full Professor of Psychiatry in the Postgraduate Program.

Dr. de Oliveira is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy (ABCT); Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (Brazilian Association of Psychiatry); a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy (ACBT); and an emeritus member of the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA). He has authored or co-authored more than 130 papers, 20 book chapters, and six books.

In the past 15 years, Dr. de Oliveira developed Trial-Based Cognitive Therapy (www.trialbasedcognitivetherapy.com) and has trained therapists in Brazil, France, the USA, and other countries in this model.