He started his career at the department of
gynecology at the
Karolinska University Hospital,
Karolinska Institute, in
Stockholm studying the effects of
birth control. He became head of one of the outpatient clinics in the Nacka Project, doing groundbreaking work on psychiatric care outside the hospital in Sweden. He was recognised for advocacy of lower doses of
antipsychotic medicine, reduction in
compulsory treatment and more humane psychiatric care. He was awarded the
Dobloug Prize (
Swedish: Doblougska Priset), a literature prize awarded by the
Swedish Academy in 2008. Cullberg was the son of bishop John Cullberg and brother of painters Erland Cullberg and Carin Adler, and of Staffan Cullberg, who has been head of the
Swedish National Arts Council. == Bibliography (partial) ==