Réal Labelle, PhD, is a full professor of clinical psychology at the University of Quebec at Montreal. He is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide, Ethical issues and End-of-Life Practices, and at the Research Centre at the Montreal Mental Health University Institute. He has been a member of the Order of Psychologists of Quebec since 1989. He specializes in the study, assessment and psychological treatment of mood disorders with or without suicidal behaviors. In the past years, he has been regularly invited to Europe, the Middle East and Africa to teach behavioral and cognitive therapy.