O Davoru Muciću
Psychiatrist · Digital Mental Health · Telepsychiatry · Education
Davor Mucić, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist, researcher and educator based in Copenhagen, Denmark, whose work has focused for more than two decades on the use of technology to improve access, quality and equity in mental healthcare.
He graduated from the Faculty of
Medicine in Rijeka, Croatia, and completed his specialist training in psychiatry in Denmark. In 2000, he founded the Little Prince Psychiatric Centre (Behandlingscentret Den Lille Prins) in Copenhagen, alongside clinical work in psychiatric services in Denmark and Sweden.
His professional work has evolved from early telepsychiatry and e-Mental Health to the broader field of Digital Mental Health, including telepsychiatry, artificial intelligence, mHealth, implementation, culturally responsive digital care, clinical guidelines and education.
Pioneering Transcultural Telepsychiatry
A central theme throughout Davor Mucić’s work has been the use of technology to overcome geographical, linguistic and cultural barriers to psychiatric care.
In 2000–2005, he developed and implemented a transcultural telepsychiatry model in Denmark based on direct language and cultural matching between clinicians and patients.
In 2006, the model was extended across national borders through a Denmark–Sweden telepsychiatry service for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. Patients in Denmark received psychiatric assessment and treatment by videoconference from psychiatrists in Sweden who spoke their own languages, without the routine use of interpreters.
This work represents the first documented cross-border transcultural telepsychiatry service based on direct language and cultural matching without interpreters and became an important foundation for his later research into international and cross-cultural applications of telepsychiatry.
His subsequent clinical projects have included telepsychiatric shared-care models, assessment of work ability through telepsychiatry, and participation in the implementation of telepsychiatry in the Region of Zealand in Denmark. He has also participated in Danish and European expert groups addressing digital and internet-based mental healthcare.
From e-Mental Health to Digital Mental Health
In 2011, Davor Mucić founded the Telemental Health Section of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA). In 2015, he contributed to reactivating the WPA Section on Informatics, and during the COVID-19 pandemic he initiated and coordinated the WPA e-Mental Health Expert Group.
In 2021, he served as lead author of the WPA Telepsychiatry Global Guidelines, which were subsequently comprehensively updated in 2024.
Davor Mucić served as Co-Author and Editor of the WPA Guideline on mHealth, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies (2026), developed through more than two years of international collaboration led by the late Prof. Donald M. Hilty.
He currently serves as Chair of the World Psychiatric Association Digital Mental Health Section, promoting international collaboration, education and the responsible use of digital technologies in mental healthcare.
His current work increasingly focuses on the clinical and ethical implications of artificial intelligence, mHealth and other digital technologies in psychiatry, including their responsible implementation across different healthcare systems and cultural contexts.
Research and Publications
Davor Mucić has published scientific work on telepsychiatry, transcultural psychiatry, Digital Mental Health and digitally enabled models of psychiatric care.
Together with Donald M. Hilty, he co-edited the Springer book ”e-Mental Health”, published in 2016. He subsequently co-edited “Digital mental health: The future is now” , published by Springer Nature in 2025.
In 2022, he completed a PhD with doctoral research entitled “Telepsychiatry in assessment and/or treatment of refugees and migrants.”
His academic activities have also included editorial and peer-review roles for international psychiatric journals.
Education and the Future of Digital Psychiatry
Education is an increasingly important part of Davor Mucić’s work. As digital technologies become integrated into routine psychiatric practice, clinicians require competencies that extend beyond technical knowledge.
His current educational work includes the development of concepts and curricula in Digital Psychiatry for medical students, psychiatry residents and mental health professionals.
- Telepsychiatry and hybrid models of care
- Artificial intelligence in psychiatry
- mHealth and digital technologies
- Clinical implementation
- Ethics, safety and professional responsibility
- Cultural safety and equity
- Digital competencies for future psychiatrists
He welcomes collaboration with universities, medical schools, psychiatric organisations and healthcare institutions on teaching, curriculum development, workshops and professional education.
Selected milestones
2000–2005
Development and implementation of transcultural telepsychiatry in Denmark
2006
Cross-border Denmark–Sweden transcultural telepsychiatry service
2011
Founded the EPA Telemental Health Section2015 DM re-activated the Section on Informatics within WPA (World Psychiatric Association)
2016
Editor, ”e-Mental Health” — Springer
2020
Initiated and coordinated the WPA e-Mental Health Expert Group; WPA Honorary Membership
2021
Lead author, WPA "Globalne smjernice za telepsihijatriju"
2022
PhD focused on telepsychiatry in the assessment and treatment of refugees and migrants
2023
WPA Presidential Commendation
2024
Comprehensive update of the WPA “Telepsychiatry Global Guidelines”
2025
Editor, “Digital mental health: The future is now” — Springer Nature
2026
Chair, WPA Digital Mental Health Section; international work on AI, mHealth and digital technologies in psychiatry
Clinical Practice
Alongside his academic and international activities, Davor Mucić remains clinically active through Behandlingscentret Den Lille Prins in Copenhagen.
His clinical work includes psychiatric assessment and treatment, face-to-face and telepsychiatric consultations, ADHD assessment and treatment, second opinions and psychiatric specialist reports.
Collaboration, Teaching and Speaking
Davor Mucić welcomes enquiries regarding university teaching and curriculum development, research collaboration, Digital Mental Health projects, international guidelines, advisory work, invited lectures and conference presentations.
2011. DM je pokrenuo Sekciju za telementalno zdravlje (tj. trenutnu sekciju za e-Mentalno zdravlje) u okviru EPA (European Psychiatric Association).
2015. godine DM je ponovo aktivirao Sekciju za informatiku u okviru WPA (Svjetske psihijatrijske asocijacije).
Za svoj gore spomenuti doprinos, DM je nagrađen kao počasni član WPA 2020.
DM je trenutno glavni urednik časopisa Edorium Journal of Psychiatry i član uredničkog savjetodavnog odbora Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society.
Nadalje, DM je recenzent za Journal of telemedicine and Telecare i Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry.
DM je obranio prvu doktorsku disertaciju u EU pod naslovom “Telepsihijatrija u procjeni i/ili tretmanu izbjeglica i migranata” na Sveučilištu Šleske u Katowicama (Poljska) u maju 2022. godine.
Oblasti izučavanja
- Razvoj telepsihijatrije kroz nekoliko projekata uspostavljenih u Danskoj od 2002. Projekte su finansirali Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova i zdravstva, Zaklada Egmont, Zaklada za zdravstvo, Ministarstvo za socijalna pitanja i integraciju Danske.
- 2009.-2014. Član Stručne skupine u sklopu razvoja danskog “Tele-tolkning Projekta” (korištenje prevoditelja u zdravstvenom sustavu putem videokonferencije)
- 20014.-20015. Član stručne skupine u okviru danskog projekta “Organizacija liječenja nepsihotičkih stanja putem interneta” (“Organisering af behandling til ikke-psykotiske lidelser med inddragelse af internetbehandling”, KORA)
- 2015.-2016. Član stručne skupine unutar EPA (European Psychiatry Association), koji razvija Smjernice o kvaliteti intervencija e-mentalnog zdravlja u liječenju Psihotičnih poremećaja.
- 2016-17. Član stručne skupine unutar EPA-e, koja razvija Smjernice za e-Mentalne zdravstvene intervencije u liječenju posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja (PTSP)
- 2020-21. Inicijator i voditelj “e-Mental Health” ekspertne skupine u sklopu WPA, gdje razvija “Globalne Smjernice za Telepsihijatriju” i drži prvi online stručni (CME) tečaj za telepsihijatriju.
Postignuća i veštine
Postignuća
- DM je identificirao kulturološke i jezične prepreke kao glavne prepreke za migrante da pristupe mentalnoj zdravstvenoj zaštiti u Danskoj te je u skladu s tim „izmislio“ i implementirao „transkulturalni telepsihijatrijski model“ putem nekoliko nacionalnih projekata. Pojam obuhvaća korištenje video veze između pacijenata koji pripadaju etničkim manjinama i terapeuta s istim jezičnim, kulturnim i etničkim podrijetlom kao i pacijenti. Takvi pacijenti koji ne vladaju jezikom zemlje domaćina najčešće se liječe uz pomoć prevoditelja, zbog nedostatka dvojezičnih terapeuta. Primjena transkulturalne telepsihijatrije eliminira korištenje prevoditelja u procjeni i/ili tretmanu etničkih manjina, tj. tražitelja azila, izbjeglica i imigranata. Posljedično se skraćuje vrijeme liječenja, povećava zadovoljstvo pacijenata i značajno se smanjuju troškovi. Poboljšana kvaliteta njege prirodna je "nuspojava".
- Kako su dvojezični terapeuti bili lako dostupni u Švedskoj, DM je 2005. godine uspostavio prvu međunarodnu telepsihijatrijsku službu u svijetu, kao dio razvoja transkulturalnog modela telepsihijatrije u Danskoj. Na taj su način dvojezični terapeuti koji se nalaze u Švedskoj procjenjivali i liječili pacijente koji se nalaze u Danskoj.
- Od ostalih pokrenutih i razvijenih telepsihijatrijskih aplikacija, valja istaknuti model “Telepsihijatrijska dijeljena skrb” u predgrađu Danske i korištenje telepsihijatrije za procjenu radne sposobnosti nezaposlenih migranata, ali i danskih državljana.
- DM je sudjelovao u uspostavljanju i implementaciji telepsihijatrije u regiji Zeland (Danska) u razdoblju od novembra 2019. do juna 2020. godine.
Specijalne veštine
- Vještine verbalne komunikacije razvijale su se i unaprjeđivale kroz niz međunarodnih prezentacija i predavanja kako studentima tako i kolegama akademicima iz područja mentalnog zdravlja.
- Vještine vođenja razvile su se kroz ulogu ravnatelja u Psihijatrijskom centru Mali princ, kao i niz viših pozicija na psihijatrijskim odjelima prvenstveno u Švedskoj.
- Organizacijske vještine razvijene su kroz nekoliko nacionalnih telepsihijatrijskih projekata u Danskoj.
- DM je upravljao bespovratnim sredstvima vezanim uz gore navedene projekte telepsihijatrije.
- Kreativnost i umjetnički talenti izraženi kroz pisanje pjesama i sviranje nekoliko instrumenata krunisani su CD-om snimljenim u razdoblju 2000-2004. CD pod nazivom “Mali princ” dio je humanitarnog projekta koji je pokrenut za podršku školovanju djece bez roditelja, žrtava rata u bivšoj Jugoslaviji. Projekt, u koji je sudjelovalo više od 100 umjetnika iz cijelog svijeta, financirao je Psihijatrijski centar Mali princ.
- DM je bio psihijatar konsultant tokom postavljanja drame nekadašnje holivudske glumice i priznate hrvatske umjetnice Ksenije Prohaska.
- Dr Davor Mucić trenutno završava projekat AYSHA - interdisciplinarnu inicijativu koja povezuje umjetnost, obrazovanje i digitalno mentalno zdravlje radi prevencije nasilja nad ženama i djecom te pružanja sveobuhvatne podrške žrtvama kroz podizanje svijesti, edukaciju i inovativne psihosocijalne programe.
