Simavi Vahip, is professor of psychiatry at the Affective Disorders Unit of Ege University Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey. His main areas of interest are mood disorders, especially bipolar disorders and related phenomena such as bipolar depression and manic switch; classification in psychiatry, and training in psychiatry. He is author in more than 130 papers and 20 books or book chapters in Turkish and in English. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Psychiatry Update / Journal of Continuing Education & Continuing Professional Development of Psychiatric Association of Turkey (2011-2014). He served as president (2014-2016) and vice-president (2011-2014) for the Psychiatric Association of Turkey (PAT). He was president of the Society for Bipolar Disorders of Turkey (ISBD affiliated) between 2010 and 2013 and he was elected as member of the Board of Councillors of the International Society for Bipolar Disorder (ISBD) for two consecutive periods (2007-2011). He served for the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) at many levels: chair (2019-21) and the vice-chair (2017-19) of the Steering Committee of the EPA-Council of National Psychiatric Associations; member at EPA Executive Committee and EPA Board (2019-21). He served as founding editor-in-chief for the InterACT (Official Newsletter of EPA Council of National Psychiatric Associations) and he is continuing this task since 2018. Currently he is member at the EPA Board and EPA Ethics Committee.

Odile van den Heuvel is psychiatrist and full professor of Neuropsychiatry. She combines specialized clinical work (mostly focused on neuropsychiatric disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease) with research in clinical neuroscience, from neurodevelopmental disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson. The research focuses on underlying mechanisms of altered emotion, cognition and behavior, and non-pharmacological interventions to improve cognitive control (e.g. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. She leads the ENIGMA-OCD consortium, a worldwide consortium for meta- and mega-analysis on brain imaging data in OCD.

Rutger Jan van der Gaag (1950) MD PhD honorary fellow RCPsych and WPA, International Distinguished Fellow APA is an emeritus professor of psychiatry (child & adolescent at the Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands, where he still serves as Vice-Chancellor of the Radboud University. Currently he is, amongst others, professor of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the Stradina University of Riga Latvia, Member of the Board of the University of Paris Cité, where he is also Member of the National Academy of Medecine. As Past president of the Royal Dutch Medical Association he served on the Council of the World Medical Association and was Vice President of the European Medical Doctors (CPME). As past president of the Netherlands Psychiatric Association he was co-founder of the Council of NPA's within EPA. His research focused on developmental psychopathology (Autism ADHD Addiction) and Gender. He is secretary of the Alliance for Gender and Mental Health that organises the 9th Congres of the International Association for Women's Mental Health in Maastricht 6-9 November 2022 www.iawmh2022.org "Determination & Solidarity"

Dr. Thomas Van der Poorten is currently active as a Psychiatrist in his group practice (Psychiatry Practice Brussels) and in Clinique St.Jean (Brussels). He specializes in the treatment of anxiety & mood disorders, treatment of sexual trauma and PTSD by EMDR, and in the diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD. He graduated as a Psychiatrist at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2020, and as a Clinical Sexologist (KU Leuven) in 2021.

Brazilian psychologist, doctor in Science of Rehabilitation by Faculty of Medicine of University of São Paulo, Brazil. Leader of the Group of Studies and Research on Psychology and Cognition (GEPESPSI) certified by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ). Full Professor at Universidade Paulista, Brazil.