Dr. Miguel Álvarez de Mon

• Mood and affective disorders.
• Anxiety disorders.
• Eating behaviour disorders.
• Psychological coping with illness.
• Addictive behaviours.
• Self-esteem issues and body image disturbances.

Professional Career

• Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties (Psychiatry and Medical Psychology Area) at the Universidad de Alcalá (February 2020 – present), teaching Psychology, Psychiatry and Clinical Communication.
• Consultant Specialist in Psychiatry and Mental Health (FEA) at Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor (June 2019 – present).
• Psychiatry Resident Physician (MIR) at Clínica Universidad de Navarra (2015–2019).
• Teaching collaborator at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Navarra (2016–2019).

Academic Training

• MD in Medicine, Universidad de Navarra (2008–2014).
• Master’s Degree in Integration and Resolution of Clinical Problems in Medicine. Universidad de Alcalá (2024–2025). June 2014 – January 2015
• Postgraduate Programme in Medical Research Methodology, Universidad de Navarra (2015–2016).
• Specialist in Psychiatry via MIR, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona (May 2019).
• PhD, Universidad de Alcalá (June 2019), awarded Cum Laude.
• English: Advanced level. Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency (June 2016).

Affiliations

• Member of the Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (SEPSM).
• Member of the Research Working Group of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT).
• Member of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA).

Awards and Distinctions

• First Prize, Junior Forum ADHD, Fundación Psiformación (2016).
• Best Research Project Award, XVII Annual Meeting of the Sociedad Vasco-Navarra de Psiquiatría, San Sebastián (2018).
• Extraordinary Doctoral Award, Universidad de Alcalá.
• Award from the Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (SEPSM) for Best Doctoral Thesis 2018–2019, presented at the XXIII National Congress of Psychiatry (2020).
• Emerging Researcher Award from the Research Excellence Programme of the Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (SEPSM), presented at the XXIV National Congress of Psychiatry (2021).
• Author of 78 articles published in national and international scientific journals.
• Speaker at national conferences and at the annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the European Psychiatric Association (EPA).