Rasmon Kalayasiri, M.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine (MDCU) in Bangkok, Thailand, teaching Psychiatry, Mental Health, and Addiction Sciences. In 2015, She was Co-instructor in the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course, organized by the Royal College of Psychiatrists of Thailand (RCPT) and the World Psychiatric Association Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry Section. She serves as Director of the Centre for Addiction Studies (CADS). Her research work includes the study of the role of environmental and genetic risk factors for substance-related disorders. She has been collaborating with Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Princess Mother National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment in Pathumtani, and Suan Prung Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand in the genomewide association study of psychostimulant dependence (and psychosis), work resulting in 17 peer-reviewed research publication. She also has been collaborating with Prince of Songkla University and been Scholar in the Centre for Alcohol Studies. Dr. Kalayasiri is Editor of the Facts and Figures: Illegal Substances in Thailand 2017-2020, has published over 50 articles, 2 international textbook chapters, and two books: Recommendations for the Clinical Management and Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders (Chulalongkorn University Press, 2015) and Addiction and Psychiatric Complications (Chulalongkorn University Press, 2018).