Dr. Jean-François Lebrun

Dr. Jean-François Lebrun is a psychiatrist at the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace (CHPG) — Monaco's main hospital and the Principality's primary healthcare facility — where he leads the adult psychiatry consultation service. With 18 years of experience in psychiatry, he provides comprehensive psychiatric assessment, psychopharmacological management, and structured psychotherapy to residents of Monaco and the wider Côte d'Azur region.

Monaco's population is distinctive: predominantly wealthy, with a high proportion of ultra-high-net-worth residents, finance and business executives, and international residents from across Europe. The mental health profile of this population reflects its unique stressors — high-performance occupational demands, isolation, perfectionism, and the psychological burden of extreme wealth — alongside universal human experiences of depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship difficulty. Executive burnout syndrome is a significant concern in his practice.

Trained at the Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis and holding a specialist DES in Psychiatry, Dr. Lebrun brings both pharmacological expertise and psychotherapeutic skill to his patients. He consults in French, English, and Italian — reflecting Monaco's trilingual environment and its cosmopolitan patient population.

Dr. Lebrun completed his Doctorat en Médecine at the Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis and his specialist training through the DES Psychiatrie at the Nice University Hospital Centre. He holds a Diplôme Universitaire in Psychopathologie Clinique from the University of Paris and has completed training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. He is a member of the Société Française de Psychiatrie and the Société Monégasque de Psychiatrie.

Dr. Lebrun's psychiatry practice covers the full spectrum of adult mental health disorders. His pharmacological practice encompasses antidepressant selection and optimization (SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, MAOIs), mood stabilizers for bipolar disorder (lithium, valproate, lamotrigine), anxiolytic management with careful attention to benzodiazepine minimization, and antipsychotic prescribing. His psychotherapeutic practice includes CBT for depression and anxiety, structured psychodynamic exploration, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. He has particular expertise in burnout syndrome and occupational psychiatry — conducting structured burnout assessments and working with executive and financial sector patients on stress regulation and career sustainability. He refers complex cases requiring ECT to partner facilities in Nice.

Dr. Lebrun is highly experienced with the international patient population that characterizes Monaco. He consults in French, English, and Italian and offers video consultations for Monaco residents, seasonal visitors, and international patients who have established a therapeutic relationship and need ongoing follow-up while abroad. His practice is fully private and high-confidentiality, appropriate for patients who value discretion. He does not share patient information with third parties without explicit consent.

Dr. Lebrun is a founding member of the Société Monégasque de Psychiatrie and has contributed to the development of structured psychiatric services at the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, including the establishment of outpatient psychotherapy pathways. He has presented on executive burnout syndrome, affluence-related mental health challenges, and occupational psychiatry in high-performance settings at European psychiatric congresses, including meetings of the Société Française de Psychiatrie. He contributes to continuing psychiatric education across the Monaco and Côte d'Azur region and serves as a clinical supervisor for psychiatry trainees. His work addressing the unique mental health needs of Monaco's elite and expatriate population is acknowledged within Monaco's medical community.