Born in Telciu, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania on 30 August 1966, he is married to Cristina Maria Vlasin (music teacher and jazz singer) and has a son Darius Andrei Vlasin (born in Madrid on 4 December 2009). Had his literary debut in România Literară Magazine 16/1999, with an introduction made by Nicolae Manolescu; his editorial debut was in 1999 with the poetry volume Tratat la psihiatrie (Cured at Psychiatry), published at Vinea Publisher, Bucharest, with a preface by Nicolae Manolescu and an afterword by Paul Cernat; The volume won the award of the debut section of the Bucharest Writers Association in 1999 and was a nominee at the Romanian Union of Writers Awards, 1999.
Ţinând cont de ritmul rapid al evoluţiei psihiatriei şi de faptul că toate manulalele şi tratatele esenţiale care constituie baza informaţiei, formării profesionale şi educaţiei continue a profesioniştilor din domeniu îşi actualizează ediţiile la intervale regulate, autorii şi-au propus acelaşi lucru pornind de la structura primului tratat de psihiatrie editat şi apoi reeditat, începând din 1976.