Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Mitha Al Balushi is a research associate in the Public Health Research Center-New York University Abu Dhabi. She is a PHD candidate in public health-the institute of public Health of the UAE University. She Had post graduate Diploma in Diabetes from Sweden and her degree in nursing sciences from Griffith Australian University. Her experience is over 15 years in public health and clinical nursing care and research. Some of her research was published in peer reviewed high IF international journals. She presented her research in nation and international conferences. She is an active member of the Emirates Public Health Association.

Graduation in Medicine in 1998, Santo Amaro Medical School (Santo Amaro University - “UNISA”) - São Paulo - Brazil. Following academic training in Psychiatry at Santa Casa Medical School (2001) with Certification from Brazilian Psychiatric Association (2003). Has clinical experience in Preceptorship with residents and was Assistant Psychiatrist and Professor of “Medical Psychology” at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo Medical School until 2011. Current Professor of Psychiatry at Santo Amaro Medical School; Chief Psychiatrist of Bipolar Disorder and Personality Disorder Programs: Santo Amaro Medical School. Has Clinical Experience in Private Practice since 2001.

Hareli Cecchin is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology and Culture Department in University of Brasília (UnB), Master in Regional Development, specialist in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis and graduated in Psychology. She has been a psychologist at the Federal University of Tocantins since 2014. She is a member of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). She has experience in the field of Psychology, with an emphasis on School and Educational Psychology, working mainly on the following topics: suicide prevention, mental health of young people, social vulnerability, and gender.

Hamreet graduated from McMaster University with a BSc in Life Science and a background in psychology, neuroscience, and behaviour. She is now in her second year of medical school at St George’s University of London and has been involved in studies related to mental health in medical professionals and students

Qiuqi Zhou became a PhD student 3 years ago. During the three years of her doctoral studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, she has published 3 papers in reputed journals and participated in 4 conferences.

University Professor at the Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University of Tacna, specialist in Health Services Management, Bachelor of Nursing, Master of Educational Technology, PhD in Psychology, Dr. in Nursing. With 30 years of experience, undergraduate teacher, postgraduate teacher at: UNJBG. Undergraduate and postgraduate thesis advisor, with publications in Latindex, Scielo and Scopus magazines. Semillero Mentor Currently Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences

Patricia A. Broderick has completed her PhD from St John’s University, Queens, NY, USA and her postdoctoral studies from The Albert Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA and Cornell University Medical School, White Plains, NY, USA. Patricia serves as Tenured and Full Medical Professor in the Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences at the City University of New York School of Medicine and as Director of the Neurobiology Course at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, CUNY School of Medicine, CCNY. A highly recognized expert and prominent editor, author, inventor and lecturer, Patricia has published more than 500 papers in reputed journals and sought after books and she serves as an editorial board member of repute worldwide. Dr. Broderick holds several patents and trademarks and is the Founder and CEO of Eazysense Nanotechnologies Inc.and the Broderick Brain Foundation

To be clear, I am not a researcher. I undertook this project after interviews with colleagues at the outset of COVID for clinial purposes. However, the discussion invariably redirected to their concerns for their careers, their fears about being infected, the effect on their family and their levels agitation, angst and depression. By chance this turned into the pursuit of a PhD in this area. In spite of literally no research background outside clinical dentistry, the effort is going remarkably well.

Leonard-Zabel is a Full Professor of Psychology and serves as the Psychology Department Coordinator at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts. She owns and operates a private clinic specializing in School Psychology/School Neuropsychology and Clinical Forensic Examining. She holds diplomat and fellow certificates/certifications in Neuropsychology, Forensic Counseling and Examining, Psychotherapy, Autism, Addictions, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Clinical Anxiety, Disability Analysis, Brain-Behavioral International Coaching, Telepractice and in Homeland Security. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Board of Disability Analysts. Dr. Leonard-Zabel is the recent recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology. She serves on the Learning Disabilities Worldwide Congress as one of the Board of Directors (LDW). Dr. Leonard-Zabel recently received international awards acknowledging her Keynote addresses encompassing school neuropsychological research on assessment approaches involving Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescent Addiction, and Mental Health focusing on the Anxious Brain, Assessment Practices, Learning Differences, Ethics & Law and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Leonard-Zabel was awarded in December 2019 the title of Global Goodwill Ambassador (GGA), representing the USA with the “Humanitarian” designation for her volunteerism both nationally and internationally. Throughout her career at Curry College, she was awarded the Curry College Excellence in Teaching Researcher of the Year Award, Excellence in Teaching with Partnerships & Collaboration Award, Excellence and Research in the Field, and Person of the Year, acknowledging excellence in teaching, mentorship, collegiality, leadership, and community service. Dr. Leonard-Zabel presents nationally and internationally on an ongoing basis.

Anandhi Narasimhan is a double board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist in Los Angeles, California in the U.S.A. She has had numerous media appearances including CNN, CNN International, USA Today, E!, The Tavis Smiley Show, Fox News, Vice, etc. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Duke University Medical Center and her child psychiatry fellowship at UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Narasimhan also received the “Hind Rattan” Award or Jewel of India award for her contributions to medicine and media. She is also an asylum evaluator for Physicians for Human Rights and involved in research looking into using digital therapeutics and artificial intelligence to improve early detection and interventions.

Bernard Mayer has many years of expertise in the treatment of simple and complex psychotrauma and dissociative states in his psychotherapy practice in Paris. President and founder of the IETSP: www.ietsp.com and co-founder of the AFPJ :www.pierrejanet. org , he is the creator of the Integrative Body-Mind Psychotherapy / TICE, certified practitioner in EMDR for more than 30 years, in Somatic Experiencing and Hypnosis. Member of the ESH, ESTD, he speaks at various conferences and symposiums in France and abroad on request. - It is a new psychotherapy which allows to reach the somatic and emotional unconscious memories (subcortical zones) which contain "the frozen memory of the trauma", the words are not enough, nor even the analysis... Moreover, amnesia is a central symptom of psychotrauma. It is a non-verbal and non-cognitive therapy that acts directly on the neurophysiological level and frees the blocked memories of the trauma It is a Psychotherapy and a Neuro-therapy

Afra Mahmood holds degree of Master of Philosophy in Applied Psychology from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. She served as Psychologist at Social welfare & Baitul Maal Department Punjab, Pakistan (2017-2020). She currently provides telehealth services as Clinical Therapist in Chicago.