Boris Ostrovsky

Boris Ostrovsky (PhD in psychiatry) was born in 1943 in Baku, Azerbaijan, graduated from Novosibirsk Medical University, and at first worked in Siberia, then at one of the leading Moscow psychiatric institutions. In 1979, he emigrated to Germany, where he continued his scientific and clinical activities. For 12 years, he has been the head of the mental health department at the Red Cross Clinic in Berlin. After his retirement in 2001, he moved to Israel for permanent residence. He is the author...See more

Boris Ostrovsky (PhD in psychiatry) was born in 1943 in Baku, Azerbaijan, graduated from Novosibirsk Medical University, and at first worked in Siberia, then at one of the leading Moscow psychiatric institutions. In 1979, he emigrated to Germany, where he continued his scientific and clinical activities. For 12 years, he has been the head of the mental health department at the Red Cross Clinic in Berlin. After his retirement in 2001, he moved to Israel for permanent residence. He is the author of a number of books and articles published in Moscow. His popular science book, Convulsions of Planet Earth, unravels some of Bermuda's deepest mysteries and was recently published by Austin Macauley Publishers. See less