André Aleman


Andreas "André" Aleman is a Dutch neuroscientist and professor of cognitive neuropsychiatry at the University Medical Center Groningen and the University of Groningen.
Aleman was born in Leiden. He studied psychology at Utrecht University. He obtained his title of doctor at Utrecht University in 2001, with a thesis titled: "Cognitive neuropsychiatry of hallucinations in schizophrenia: how the brain misleads itself". He worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Groningen and in 2006 was promoted to full professor. In 2011 he received a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
Aleman was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017. His research compasses topics as ageing, schizophrenia, suicide and depression. He has proposed including suicidal thoughts as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

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