Editors

Sectional Editor (Computational Intelligence, Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology)

Federal Institute of Education, Sciences and Technology (IFMA), São Luis-MA, Brasil

Research Interest: Computational Intelligence, Psychiatric disorders, Burnout syndrome, Clinical Neuropsychology (Assessment and Rehabilitation), Psychological Tests, Psychological Assessment, Psychopathology, Mental Health, Clinical Psychology (Existential phenomenological humanistic therapy; Psychoanalytic therapy; Cognitive behavioral therapy).

Biography: Dr. Ginalber Serra is a psychologist and professor in Electrical Engineering, who leads the Research Group on Computational Intelligence Applied to Technology at Federal Institute of Education, Sciences and Technology (IFMA, São Luis-MA, Brasil), advises master's and doctorate students, has served as an editor for three books, and has produced around 200 papers comprising periodicals, conferences, and book chapters.

Medical Director
Institute of Progressive Medicine
USA

Research Interest:
Virology; Stealth adapted viruses; Herpes viruses; Cytomegalovirus; HIV; Biophysics; Cellular energy; Cellular immunity; Homeopathy; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Autism; Mental illnesses; Psychiatry; Neurology; Neuropathology; Water.

Biography:
Dr. W John Martin is Medical Director of the Institute of Progressive Medicine, within MI Hope Inc., a non-profit United States public charity that specializes in the cause, prevention and treatment of mental illnesses. Dr. Martin received his medical degree from the University of Sydney in 1965 and the PhD degree from the University of Melbourne in 1970. He is Board Certified in both Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with subspecialty qualifications in Immunopathology and in Medical Microbiology.

Using molecular assays and specialized virus culture techniques, Dr. Martin pioneered research leading to the detection of stealth adapted viruses. These viruses are not effectively recognized by immune system due to the deletion or mutation of the virus genes that code for the relatively few virus components normally targeted by cellular immunity. Certain stealth adapted viruses currently infecting humans were likely originally introduced into humans as cytomegalovirus contaminants of polio virus vaccines. Moreover, the testing of contaminated experimental polio vaccines in African chimpanzees probably explains the origin of HIV, the AIDS virus.  Stealth adapted viruses are a probable contributing cause of several major mental illness, autism and the chronic fatigue syndrome.
 
Studies on stealth adapted viruses led to the description of the alternative cellular energy (ACE) pathway as a major defense mechanism capable of suppressing both stealth adapted and conventional viruses, as well as other pathogens. The ACE pathway differs from cellular energy obtained from food metabolism in other important ways, including empowering aspects of higher brain functioning. 

Dr. Martin explains the ACE pathway in terms of the brain’s capacity to attract a natural external energy force into the body. He has termed this force KELEA (kinetic energy limiting electrostatic attraction). Water and other materials, called enerceuticals™ can also capture and beneficially transmit KELEA to humans, animals and plants. KELEA can also be used in Industry, including improving the efficiency of heat transfer and of fuel combustion.

Clinic Director START - Stress Trauma Anxiety Rehabilitation Clinic Toronto,
Canada

Research Area: His research primarily involves examining the psychological manifestations associated with the prefrontal cortex and related associated tracts and organ systems in mood, anxiety and traumatic disorders.

The focus of this research has been directed at Hypoprefrontality, Executive Dysfunction, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Low Hedonic Tone as well as the drivers of Motivation and Energy in relation to the development of a variety of comorbidities and treatment resistance.

Pediatrics Associte Medical Director Neonatal Intensive Care Unit University of Siena Siena, Italy

Research Area: General pediatrics, Neonatal intensive care, Infant care and Neonatal electroencephalography

Professor of Psychology
The University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa

Research Interest:
Psychology, Counselling Psychology, African Psychology, Marriage, Family and Narrative Therapy, African Healing Traditions, Bereavement, Grief and Mourning, and Hope studies.

Biography:
Professor Augustine Nwoye is Professor of Psychology and Fulbright Scholar at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Through his research and writings Dr. Nwoye has made original and unique contributions to the definition and study of African Psychology as an emerging specialization very much in demand in the curriculum of many departments of psychology in the South and other regions of Africa.

His inaugural lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, titled: What is African Psychology the psychology of? was well-received and is now published in the prestigious journal, Theory & Psychology. His other important contributions to the field have appeared in: Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Journal of Family Therapy, Journal of Black Psychology, The American Journal of Family Therapy, Psychotherapy and Politics International, Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology, South African Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Special Education, Journal of Family Psychotherapy, Contemporary Family Therapy, Dialectical Anthropology, Journal of Systemic Consultation and Management, Annual Review of Critical Psychology, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, and the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy at the threshold of the Millennium, Edited by Massey & Massey, etc.

Professor Nwoye has held distinguished teaching positions in several other universities in Africa, including: The University of Jos, Nigeria; Kenyatta University, Kenya; The University of Dodoma, Tanzania; and Covenant University, Nigeria. During his time at Kenyatta University he helped to establish its Department of Psychology, and served as the pioneer Chair of that department. Also, while at Kenyatta, he was selected along with some few other academics to represent Kenyatta University in the task of assisting the University of Rwanda when the latter was struggling to re-establish itself at the cessation of hostilities and the return of civil peace in that country.

Professor Nwoye has won several visiting fellowships and given public lectures in many universities in continental Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, including the Universities of Cambridge and Suffolk (England), Toronto and Calgary (Canada), Stockholm (Sweden), Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia), Covenant University (Nigeria), and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Professor Nwoye is a native of Nigeria and received all his graduate education from the University of Nigeria. He was recently in the US as a Fulbright Scholar at College of the Holy Cross and Howard University.

Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Birmingham City University
UK

Research Interest:
Mental health epidemiology, Intimate partner violence, Mental health and quality of life, Suicide prevention, Perinatal Mental Health, Mental health disparities, Mental health among minority ethnic groups, Behavioural change theories and models, and Mental health services research.

Biography:
Dr Masoud Mohammadnezhad graduated with a BSc in Public Health Nursing and a MSc in Health Promotion before he was awarded his PhD in Public Health from Flinders University in Australia. As a Senior Lecturer in Health Research at Birmingham City University he is involved in vast range of research activities.

He has vast experience in all types of research designs including qualitative, quantitative, and systematic review studies. He is presently teaching research methodology to Masters and PhD students in a number of universities. Dr Mohammadnezhad has published more than 170 papers in high quality peer-reviewed journals and have also presented at more than 60 national and international conferences. He has a strong record of supervising master and PhD students. He is member of different international associations such as the American Psychological Association (APA).

Professor
Department of Toxicology Cinvestav,
Mexico City

Research Area: Neurotoxicology, Neurochemistry, Molecular Neurobiology

Director
Neuroscience Center for Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma (NeuroCAST)
Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio)
Wayne State University
USA

Research Interest:
Stress; Anxiety; Trauma; Psychophysiology; Diagnosis; Assessment

Biography: 
Seth D. Norrholm, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry with doctoral training in both Translational Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology. He has over 20 years of research experience in furthering the understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying fear-, anxiety-, trauma-, and stressor-related disorders and the psychiatric conditions with which these disorders are co-morbid. Dr. Norrholm's lab consists of both “classical” bench-based neuroscience as well as clinical trials dedicated to the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. Together with a network of collaborators, Dr. Norrholm has employed objective, psychophysiological methods to study the underpinnings of mammalian fear processing as well as the mechanisms mediating effective treatments for fear and anxiety. Dr. Norrholm has been recognized as a world leader in the psychobiology of fear and trauma.

Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
Institute of Second Xiangya Hospital
Central South University
China

RESEARCH INTEREST:
Behavioral science, Mental stress and psychotherapy

Department of Anesthesia, Cardiology and Endoscopy Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione Pascale, Italy

Research Area: Perioperative medicine, Postoperative risk assessment, Intraoperative Monitoring and experimentation of new technologies, Brain Monitoring of anesthesia, Cancer Pain management, Pain Research, Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, History of medicine

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Research Interest: 
1. Clinical Neuropsychology topics, especially postoperative cognitive functions of cardiac surgery patients and cognitive function of central nervous system’s diseases
2. Health Psychology topics, especially chronic diseases and quality of life
3. Counselling psychology of vulnerable groups of people especially children and adults with disabilities and their families and prisoners
4. Cognitive Psychotherapy o Person-centered Psychotherapy
5. Positive Psychology

Biography:
Dr. Kalliopi Megari Clinical Neuropsychologist Counselling psychologist Health Care Specialist International Representative- International Neuropsychological Society EDUCATION 1st Bachelor Degree Nursing School, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece 2nd Bachelor Degree (University Diploma) School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Master’s Degree Master’s Degree Program, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. School of Psychology & School of Medicine. Doctoral Degree Doctorate Degree Program, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. School of Psychology & School of Medicine. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki “Theageneio”, Clinic of Radiation Therapy Treatment. Prison of Thessaloniki Diavata. School of a second chance. February 2013-Now. Counseling psychologist Group Parents Counselling. March 2014-2015. Adult educator. Head of the centre of creative activities of children with disabilities, Municipality of Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece. November 2015-Now RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Marie Curie Reintegration Grant (EUROPEAN COMMISSION): Administration of measures to neurological and psychiatric patients. August 2011- December 2011. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Grant: Neuropsychological decline in the elderly. February 2013-December 2013 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Grant: Postoperative cognitive decline following cardiac surgery. February 2014-December 2014 ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI GRANT: Postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction following cardiac surgery-January 2015-September 2015.

Associate professor
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Krasnoyarsk
Russia

RESEARCH INTEREST:
Clinical psychology, Health psychology, Child and adolescence, Learned helplessness, Positive psychology, Cultural and historical approach, Somatic health, Will-power, Transspective approach, Systematic approach.


BIOGRAPHY:
Olesya Volkova obtained her degree as Candidate of Psychology (PhD) in the field of Clinical Psychology in 2009. Now she is an associate professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Department at the Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. She has more than 70 papers published in reputed Russian and international journals, book chapters and 8 monographs.

The topic of the post-graduate research reveals the problem of “The specific features of will-power development among children of pre-school age having weak somatic health”. Now the research interest is in the field of studying ontogenetic development of the Learned Helplessness phenomena which is strictly connected with the state of somatic health, social environment and parental influence on the child since the pre-school age till the adulthood.

One of the fundamental methodological ideas of this researcher is to recover differences and similarities between Contemporary Positive Psychology and Cultural-and-Historical Approach developed in Russian Psychology on the spot of Learned Helplessness and Somatic Health.

Director Psychologist Ministerial Department of Health,
Local Health Agency of Taranto
Italy

Research Area: Roberto Maniglio's research interests include the etiology and prevalence of affective and anxiety disorders, substance abuse, conduct disorder, family dysfunction, parenting, intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual crimes, victimization, aggression, and bullying.

Associate Professor of Nursing
Mount Marty University
USA

Research Interest:
Psychiatric mental health nursing; Nursing education; Mental health education; Emotional intelligence; Mental wellness; Authentic leadership

Biography:
Krystal Diedrichsen, EdD, MSN, RN is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Mount Marty University in Yankton, South Dakota. She currently teaches in the undergraduate nursing program and serves as the BSN Student Success Coordinator. She obtained her BSN at Mount Marty University and her MSN degree from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. In addition to teaching, she has over 20 years of experience working as a nurse in psychiatric mental health.

Her EdD with a focus in nursing education she obtained from Bryan College of Health Sciences in Lincoln, Nebraska. The topic of her dissertation research was "Undergraduate nursing faculty's lived experience of authentic leadership in nursing education". Her continued research interests include student success, stress management, and overall mental health factors in undergraduate nursing students. 

Professor Department of Psychiatry,
College of Medicine,
Korea University
Korea

Research Interest: Adult Psychiatry: biological psychiatry, psychoneuroimmunology, psychiatric genetics, biomarkers.

Assistant Psychiatrist,
Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions (INAD),
Parc de Salut Mar,
Spain.

RESEARCH INTEREST:
Dra. Robles is interested in evidence-based practice and systematic review. She also is keen on participatory research, especially action research in the mental health care, above all in the dual disorders, addiction disorders and dream disorders. She has developed research to the treatment of addictions and mental health disorders.

BIOGRAPHY:
María Robles Martínez. PhD in Psychiatry from the University of Cádiz. Graduated in Medicine from the University of Cantabria. Specialist in Psychiatry (University Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cádiz). Expert in Emergencies in Mental Health by the University of Alcalá. Master's Degree in Psychopathology from the University of León. Member of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry and the Spanish Society of Dual Pathology.

At present, she works as an Assistant Psychiatrist in the Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions (INAD), Parc de Salut Mar (Barcelona) and as a Researcher in the Hospital del Mar Institute of Medical Research (IMIM) (Barcelona). She is professor of the Master in Drug Addiction of the Continuing Education Institute IL-3, of the University of Barcelona. She is the author / co-author of several chapters of books and articles indexed in scientific journals.

She is co-author of the book "Alcohol dependence: an integral vision". She has participated as a speaker in several national congresses and as an author of posters and oral communications in both national and international congresses.

Head Indian Council of Medical Research Center for Advanced Research in Yoga & Neurophysiology
India

Research Area: Neurophysiology, Mind-body practices, Yoga, Meditation, Anxiety, Depression, Evoked potentials, EEG

Consultant Psychiatrist Mental health Unit,
Basilodn Hospital Basildon Essex,
United Kingdom

Research Area: Psychopharmacology, Service provision of people with severe mental illness, Interface between primary and secondary care

Professor of Psychiatry
Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Center
India

Research Interest:
Substance use disorders and Psychosomatic medicine

Biography:
Dr (Col) Suprakash Chaudhury Professor of Psychiatry, Dr D.Y. Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Pune, did his MBBS and MD in Psychiatry from Armed Forces Medical College and PhD from Gauhati University. He was Associate Prof of Psychiatry at AFMC from 2000-2004, Prof & HOD, Psychiatry at Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry & Allied Sciences  from 2005-2012 and thereafter Rural Medical College, PIMS (DU), Loni from 2012-Apr 2017. He is teacher & examiner of MD (Psychiatry) & PhD in few universities. He has won few professional awards, published over 200 papers in National & International journals. He is a member of the editorial board of 9 journals and edited 11 books.
 

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Research Area: Psychopharmacology, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing

Assistant Professor Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing Department
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Saudi Arabia

Research Interest:
Psychiatric nursing, Mental health, Schizophrenia disorder, Community mental health nursing, Psychiatric and Mental health research

Biography:
Dr.SAWSAN KAMAL ELGALAD is Assistant professor of nursing at psychiatric nursing department, king Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University for health sciences, king Abdul-Aziz medical city since 19/10/2015 up till now.

She had previous employments as Lecturer of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Alexandria University, Egypt. Demonstrator from 9/9/1999. Worked as Assistant lecturer from 4/6/2008 and Lecturer from 26/6/2013. She completed her Bachelor degree from   Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexandria, June 1998.  And master degree from Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexandria, August 2007, in Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health excellent degree. And doctorate degree from Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexandria, April 2013, in Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health. 
 

Associate Professor in Education Department,
Sant Tulsi Das Post Graduate College Kadipur Sultanpur,
Avadh University,
India.

Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology,
Nigeria

Research Keywords:

Psychosocial Functioning, Child and Adult Depression, Adolescents, Quality of Life, Health Research, Functional Data Analysis, Biostatistics Methods, Statistical Prediction

Biography:

Mrs. Grace Igiamoh-Livingwater was formally Miss. Grace Odunlami. She is a public health researcher and professional. She currently works as a lecturer at Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology. She also works with public health research organizations and community partners to solve problems in health-related fields. She is an expert in design, monitoring and evaluation, health information systems, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, proposal writing, questionnaire designing, reporting, research quality assessment, data analysis using advanced statistical methods, organization and presentation, coordination, planning and training. Apart from her Master's degree in Medical Statistics from the faculty of Public Health, she has acquired several other certificates in Environmental and Public Health from different international institutions. Her current research focuses on psychosocial functioning, mental health and depression, children and adolescents, sexual health, early menopause and so on.