Biography
Dr Purnama is currently a lecturer in Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, Krida Wacana Christian University, Indonesia. He serves as one of the executive board members of the Ricci Catholic School Foundation and is the founder of Smart Mind Center Consulting and the Asian Psychiatry Intervention Network (APIN), which is an association of psychiatrists and neuropsychiatrists from Asia focused on neurostimulation (ECT, rTMS, and neuromodulation). His broad interests in biological psychiatry include consultations in psychosexual and marital issues (sexual addiction and pornography), Consultation Liaison Psychiatry for Diabetes Mellitus, cardiovascular, gastroenterology, and neuropsychiatry, as well as ADHD in children and adults.
Both an active academic and practitioner, Dr Purnama has served as Chairman of Indonesian Sexology Associations, Chairman of The Indonesian Medical Association (ISI) North Jakarta Branch, Deputy Chairman of the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry section of the Indonesian Psychiatric Association, and an administrator of the PDSKJI Jakarta (Indonesian Psychiatric Specialists Association) and the Psychosexual and Marital section of the Indonesian Psychiatric Association.
Dr Purnama completed his general medical education at the Faculty of Medicine, Unika Atma Jaya Catholic University, Indonesia. He went on to obtain a specialist degree in Psychiatry from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia as well as a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Driyarkara School of Philosophy in the field of Existential Psychotherapy, with a dissertation on Logotherapy with a narrative restoration approach. He has undergone training at a number of institutions, including The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University as well as clinical training at Sawa Hospital in Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan.
Panel Presentation (2025) | Human vs(?) Artificial Intelligence: Psychological Threats and Opportunities
