Jan Pfeiffer is psychiatrist, working in the mental health field more then 35 years. Having rich clinical experience with the practice of institutional as well community services. More then 25 years is involved in expert capacity to the process of transformation of institutional to community based mental health care in many countries in Europe. He was co founder of European Expert Group on deinstitucionalization, member of Council of Europe CPT committee. Currently is engaged as a guarantor of the process of mental health care reform on the Ministry in Czech Republic.