KRZYSZTOF OSTASZEWSKI

INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY OF WARSAW. POLAND

Prof. Krzysztof Ostaszewski is Head of the Youth Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw. Interested in resilience theory as a framework for identifying risk and protective factors in adolescent problem behaviors.

During his professional career, he was involved in several projects aimed at development and dissemination of evidence-based alcohol and drug prevention programs for children and adolescents in Poland, Ukraine and in Central Asia countries. Research Fellow within the Fogarty International Substance Abuse Research Program (academic year 2003-04) conducted by the University of Michigan Section of Substance Abuse and Addiction Research Center. Author and co author of more than 100 papers published in scientific journals or books.

Active in teaching in the field of youth substance use related problems and youth mental health problems, prevention programming and evaluation. Expert of the national agency: the Polish National Center for Addiction Prevention. Member of Working/ Advisory Group on Suicide / Depression Prevention at the Polish Ministry of Health.