Cristian Montenegro

I am a health sociologist and Senior Lecturer in Critical Global Health at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London. My research examines the social, political and historical dimensions of mental health, with a particular focus on South America.

My work explores psychiatric deinstitutionalisation and reform, mental health and human rights, service-user participation, and the politics of knowledge in global mental health. I currently lead Transitions: The Ethics and Politics of Psychiatric Deinstitutionalisation in South America, a four-year international research project funded through a Wellcome Career Development Award.

Alongside my academic research, I collaborate with the World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization on mental health policy, human rights and psychiatric deinstitutionalisation. I am also a co-founder of CIADES and a founding member of the Platform for Social Research in Mental Health in Latin America (PLASMA).

My publications are available through ResearchGate.