Emeritus Professor at the University of Salamanca (Spain).  

Psychologist Specialist in Clinical Psychology.  

Psychologist at the Clínica Psiquiátrica Dr. León in Madrid (on leave of absence).  

Assistant Psychologist at the Niño Jesús Hospital in Madrid (on leave of absence).  

Former Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Salamanca.   

Author of books such as:  

La vejez y sus mitos (Ed Salvat, 1982); La muerte (Ed Salvat, 1982); Estrés y Psicopatología (Pirámide.1993); Manual de Psicopatología (With Amparo Belloch and Bonifacio Sandin, Ed Mcgraw-Hill, 1995, 2008, 2020); El síndrome de Burnout (Ed UNED-FUE, 1999); Envejecimiento y Salud. (Ed Klinic, 1999); Stress in managers (Ed Klinic, 2001); Employment, stress and health (with José Buendía. Ed. Pirámide, 2001), Mental Health and Ageing (Ed Klinic, 2011). 

He has published more than 60 research papers in high impact journals.  

Author of the Emotional Fatigue Scale (ECE) in university students.