Giampaolo perna started (1986) and completed his training as a psychiatrist at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan where he worked for 15 years, reaching the role of vice chief of the Anxiety Disorders Center and psychiatric Day Hospital under the direction of Professor Laura Bellodi. 1994-2009: Psychiatrist for San Raffaele Scientific Institute as Vice Chief of the Anxiety Disorders Center and psychiatric Day Hospital.