Education
University of Tartu.
University of Tartu.
1963 – University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine
1969 – Doctor of medicine
1963–1965 – head of department and deputy of the doctor-director at the psycho-neurological clinic in Jämejala
1965–1967 – doctor at the Tartu psychiatry clinic
1967–1975 – expert in forensic psychiatry
1968–1981 – lecturer and later docent at the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of Tartu
Vaino Vahing has written many articles about psychiatry, but also literature – novels, books and plays with psychiatric and autobiographical influence. He has played in several Estonian films. Estonian White Cross, fourth category
Vaino Vahing has been married to writer Maimu Berg and actress Heli Vahing.
From the marriage with Maimu Berg he has a daughter Julia Laffranque, former justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia and current European Court of Human Rights judge.
Starting from 1973, he was a member of Estonian Writers Union.