Professor of Psychology (Developmental Psychology and Formation: Clinical and Organizational Psychology) at the European University of Rome, where he works also as Responsible for the development of international research and of the Laboratory of Applied Psychology in the field of Organizational Psychology. He’s a Psychologist and Psychotherapist (N ° 16893 Lazio) being in Italy an Academic Member of the prestigious Accademia Tiberina (Reg. N ° 20.145). Professor Fiz Perez is also a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights UNESCO (APRA-UER Rome) and a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International School of Economics and Ethics and the International Academy for Economic and Social Development (AISES) of which he was Vice President for Spain and Latin America. He is also the Scientific Research Director of the European Institute of Positive Psychology (IEPP. Madrid) being also the bioethics expert in the bioethics Committee Lazio 1. For years he has worked as an Academic Visitor at Blackfriars Hall (University of Oxford), at the Institute for psychological sciencies (Washington DC), at the University Francisco Vitoria (Madrid) and at the Anahuac University (Mexico D.F). He has also worked as an Advisor at MIBAC in Italy (Ministry of Culture - Department of Equal Opportunities) as an expert for the establishment of Psychological Services collaborating with MISE (Ministry of Economy and Development). He is also the Editor of “Integral Development” Publishing Series (Publisher Persiani - Bologna) being a Member of several Scientific Committees of Psychological Journals as "Modelli per la mente”, "Il Minotauro"​, "lF – Studi Filosofici"​, "EI Psicologo Anahuac"

Human Resources. Business Aministration. Cross Cultural Intelligence. Antropology and Comunication.Social and Developmental Psychology.Economics and Ethics.Social Responsibility in Business and Sustainable Economy.EMBA. Bioethics and health.

Atul Kumar Mehra is an author, international speaker and a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada. He has participated in Moderated Panel Discussion Videos with Dr. John Gray (The author of Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars) on various topics. He has presented in same international event He has been a guest speaker on hundreds of TV and radio shows in different languages, as well as a keynote presenter for national and international conferences. Atul has always had a love of writing and has published articles in several countries and in several languages. In addition to publishing his book The Unseen Wisdom of the Unborn, he is working on two other books - Addiction is Survival, Not Guilt and How to Program your Subconscious Mind.

Addiction is Survival, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology

Ken C. Winters, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the Oregon Research Institute and adjunct faculty in the Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota. Dr. Winters retired as a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota, where he found and directed the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research for 25 years. His primary research interests are the assessment and treatment of addictions, with a focus on adolescent drug abuse. Along with Keven Sabet, he is co-editing a book on marijuana and health, to be published by Oxford press in 2018, and he is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, and the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Dr. Winters received numerous research grants from the National Institute of Health and various foundations and published over 100 peer-reviewed articles over a 30-year period.

Psychiatry, Psychology, Mental Health and wellness

Cara Dasher is the Chief Nursing Officer (RN VI) at Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. It is a facility with over 1,000 staff (approximately 500 nursing staff), 19 units and 450 inpatient beds that serve both civil and forensic commitments.

Nursing, Healthcare management, Psychiatry

David Baron is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Director, and Global Center for Exercise, Psychiatry and Sports at USC and Adjunct Professor at the USC School of Cinema-Television. He is currently working on cutting edge research on Traumatic Brain Injuries funded by the NFL. He received his MEd from USC, and trained in bioethics at Georgetown University and NIH. Additionally, he was the NIMH bioethics representative at NIH.

Psychiatry, Mental Health, Psychology

Dr. Awad is a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry, and on the Faculty of the School of Graduate Studies in the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Dr. Awad also serves as the Psychiatrist in Chief of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at Humber River Regional Hospital in Toronto, a large department which was created by the merger of three general hospitals. Dr. Awad continues to serve as a national and international reviewer and consultant for academic and service programs. He also serves in several national and international organizations, including recently being elected as the first Founding President of the newly developed International Society for CNS Clinical Trails and Methodology (ISCTM). He also served as the eleventh president of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He chaired and served on a number of NIH, NIMH, CINP committees. He continues to serve as a member of the International Advisory Board to the German federal government, which oversees the network of Schizophrenia Centres of Excellence in Germany. Dr. Awad made significant contributions to the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, having chaired its Professional Advisory Board for a number of years and was instrumental with support from the Tanenbaum family to establish the Tanenbaum Distinguished Scientist Award in Schizophrenia. Dr. Awad was honoured to receive such an award in 1998. In 2000, he was also awarded the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology medal for meritorious contributions in psychopharmacology research, teaching and services.

Psychiatry, Mental Health

Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Depression

Dr. Zanetos is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the College of Coastal Georgia. She has countless years of experience as a registered nurse and nurse educator in higher education. She is published in nursing journals and has been a previous speaker at the International Conference for Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Nursing Education, Public Speaking, Adult Education, Teaching

Occupational stress and stress management programs, capacity building for hospital personnel, school mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation, child and adolescent psychiatric nursing

Sharon L. Bowman, PhD, HSPP, ABPP, LMHC is currently professor and chair of the Department of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology and Counseling. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University (psychology BA); the University of Akron counseling (psychology MA); and Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (counseling psychology PhD). Her doctoral internship was completed in the counseling center at the University of Delaware. In addition, Dr. Bowman is a psychologist in private practice.

Dr. Bowman ‘s work is focused in areas of diversity (race and ethnicity, women’s issues, LGB issues), in mentoring and supervision, and in disaster and trauma psychology (she is a disaster mental health counselor with the American Red Cross). Dr. Bowman generally teaches doctoral courses in supervision and in advanced diversity, and master’s courses in mental health counseling and in practicum.

Dr. Brigitte Khoury is an associate professor and clinical psychologist at the Psychiatry Department at the Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut. She is the director of the Clinical Psychology Training Program, and the Director of the Arab Regional Center for Research and Training in Mental Health. Her main activities revolve around clinical work, teaching and supervising psychology graduate students and conducting research. Her research interests relate to sexuality and reproductive health, diagnostic and classification processes, and comparing psychology across international settings. She is a member of the advisory group for the revision of the International Classification of Diseases with WHO-Geneva; and the regional coordinator for the field studies in the Arab region. She is the founding president of the Lebanese Psychological Association and a current board member. She is also a founding board member of the Arab Union for Psychological Science and the current Vice President.

Her research interests relate to sexuality and reproductive health, diagnostic and classification processes, and comparing psychology across international settings.

Leyla Akoury- Dirani earned her PhD in Clinical psychology and psychopathology from Paris 5. She is currently an associate professor in the department of Psychiatry of the American University of Beirut She provides clinical services, and teaches medical students and clinical psychology interns. Dr Akoury Dirani is also the director of the Child Protection Program and Member of the Ethics Committee at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. As scholar, Dr Akoury Dirani focuses her research on prevention and intervention studies in the field of child and adolescent mental health. Dr. Akoury Dirani is also the current president of the Lebanese Psychological Association.

Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology

Dr. Zanetos is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the College of Coastal Georgia. She has countless years of experience as a registered nurse and nurse educator in higher education. She is published in nursing journals and has been a previous speaker at the International Conference for Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Paul F. Granello, Ph.D., LPCC is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education at The Ohio State University, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and one of the co-founders of the State of Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation. He has authored or co-authored five books (three on suicide) and published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He has received $2.5 million in grant funding for suicide prevention and presented more than 200 times at national and international conferences.