Education

• University degree – Medical University – Kiev, Ukraine /1974-1980/
• 1980 – 1985 Medical doctor and part time assistant at University hospital, Pleven, Psychiatry dept.
• 1984 – Specialist in Psychiatry
• 1986 – 2015 – assistant in Psychiatry dept. of Medical university Sofia, Head of dept. in University hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry
• 1990 – PhD degree in Psychiatry
• 2015 –Assoc. prof. in Psychiatry dept., Medical university, Pleven
• Since March, 2015 – Head of II Psychiatry clinic (female) in UMHAT, Pleven, Head of Psychiatry and medical psychology dept., Medical university, Pleven

Academic positions

• assoc. prof. in Psychiatry and medical psychology
• Since March, 2015 – Head of Departmen

Teaching

• Lectures, practical exercises, seminars and examinations in psychiatry and psychology, included in all specialties of Medical university, Pleven
• Post-graduate education
• Scientific consultant, reviewer and part of scientific juries for PhD and DSc degree adjudication
• Specialized author courses in anxiety and affective disorders treatment
• Since 2006 – head of master program in forensic psychiatry in Law dept., New Bulgarian university

Scientific interests

• In anxiety and affective disorders, forensic psychiatry and suicidology, psychopharmacotherapy, psychotherapy.
• Long-term experience in relative methods and  cognitive-behavioral non-medication therapy in anxiety disorders.
• Screening and assessment tools for suicidal risk (Columbian scale and etc.)
• Principal investigator in clinical trials
• One of the first bulgarian psychiatrist to use depo-neuroleptics.

On these issues

• Participations in several national and international congresses,
• Symposiums and scientific projects on national and international level

Publications:

• Forensic psychiatric book (coauthor 2001, 2003)
• Encyclopedic psychiatry dictionary in Russian (2003) and Bulgarian (2004)
• Forensic psychiatry expert report (2012)
• Forensic psychology expert report  (2012)
• Forensic psychiatry for student and post-graduates (2013)
• The suicide – a way out or a decision (2014) 

Membership in organizations

• Bulgarian Medical Association
• Bulgarian psychiatry association
• Bulgarian society of biological psychiatry
• World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
• European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) 

Language skills

• English – B2
• Russian – C2

Contacts:

Medical University - Pleven
5800, Pleven
phone number: 064/886-860

e-mail: dr.maya.stoimenova@gmail.com