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Editor-in-Chief
Professor Yifeng Xu, MD, MSc
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Declaration of Interests: Nothing to Declare
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Expertise: Psychiatry, Medical Psychology
Deputy Editors
Professor Min Zhao, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
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Expertise: Drug dependence
Professor Jinghong Chen, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
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Expertise: Psychosocial Stress and Depression Anxiety Pharmacology, Somatic Symptoms, Pain Comorbidities, Animal Behavior
Associate Editors
Dr Kenneth J. Gill, PhD, MD
Rutgers School of Health Professions
Newark, USA
Expertise: Rehabilitation, Evaluation
Dr Lingjiang Li, PhD, MD
Central South University
Changsha, China
Expertise: Mental stress and post-traumatic stress, neuroimaging, depression and anxiety disorders
Dr Tao Li, PhD, MD
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Expertise: Molecular genetics of mental illness
Dr Lin Lu, PhD
Peking University
Beijing, China
Expertise: Drug dependence, addiction
Dr Michael R. Phillips, MD
Columbia University,
New York, USA
Expertise: Suicidology and psychogeriatrics, social and behavioural sciences, epidemiology
Professor Norman Sartorius, PhD
Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes
Geneva, Switzerland
Expertise: Schizophrenia, depression and health service delivery; classification of mental and neurological disorders
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Associate Professor Hanting Zhang, PhD
West Virginia University
West Virginia, USA
Expertise: Bipolar disorders, cognition, psychotic disorder
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Editor
Dr Paolo Fusar-Poli
King's College London
London, UK
Expertise: Umbrella evaluation
Dr Chunbo Li, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Reviews and systematic reviews
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Dr Yutao Xiang, MD, PhD
Health Sciences at University of Macau
Macau, China
Expertise: Community psychosis psychiatry
Dr Yaara Zisman-Ilani
Temple University
Pennsylvania, USA
Expertise: Shared Decision Making, Disparities, Mental Health Services, Serious Mental Illness, Person-centered care
Biostatistical Editors
Dr Changyong Feng, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, USA
Expertise: Biostatistics and Computational Biology
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Dr Hua He, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, USA
Expertise: ROC analysis, semi-parametric and non-parametric inference, missing data modelling, causal inference, social network analysis, count data analysis and applications of statistical methods to psychosocial research
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Dr Darrel A. Regier, PhD
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, USA
Expertise: Epidemiology, prevention, clinical research, and health services research
Dr Wan Tang, PhD
Tulane University
New Orleans, USA
Expertise: Clinical trials, longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, Semi- and non-parametric inference, Structural equation models, Missing data modelling, High-dimensional data analysis, Applications of statistical methods to medical research
Dr Xin M. Tu, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, USA
Expertise: Longitudinal data analysis, SEM, counterfactual outcome-based causal models, distribution-free models, latent growth mixture models, functional response models, and their applications to observational studies and randomized controlled trials across a range of disciplines, especially in the behavioural and social sciences.
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Dr Eduard Vieta, MD
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Expertise: Clinical trials in Psychiatry
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Professor Xinlian Zhang, PhD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, USA
Expertise: Nonparametric function estimation and subsampling methods for large scale optimization and next generation DNA/RNA sequencing data analysis.
Editorial Board Members: Addiction
Dr Wei Hao, MD
Central South University
Changsha, China
Expertise: Drugs, alcohol abuse, treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation, addiction
Dr Scott D. Lane, PhD
UTHealth McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center
Texas, USA
Expertise: Addiction, psychopharmacology, white matter DTI, neurocognition, impulsivity/attention
Dr Jianhui Liang, PhD
Peking University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Beijing, China
Expertise: Addiction, neuropsychopharmacology
Dr Jin Li, PhD
Military Medical Science Academy
Beijing, China
Expertise: Drug dependence addiction pharmacology
Dr Lin Lu, PhD
Peking University
Beijing, China
Expertise: Drug dependence, addiction
Professor Shekhar Saxena, PhD
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Boston, USA
Expertise: Prevention and management of mental, developmental, neurological and substance use disorders and suicide prevention
Professor Min Zhao, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
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Expertise: Drug dependence
Professor Douglas M. Ziedonis, PhD
University of California
San Diego, USA
Expertise: Addiction psychiatry, health systems and policy
Editorial Board Members: Anxiety, depression and other mood disorders
Joseph F. Cubells, PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, USA
Expertise: Genetic factors influencing human behaviour, and risk for psychiatric disorders, pregnancy-related major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, 22q11 deletion syndrome, and the epidemiology of autism in China
Dr Yiru Fang, MD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Neurobiochemistry, pathology, mental illness animal model experiments, mood disorders
Dr Lingjiang Li, PhD, MD
Central South University
Changsha, China
Expertise: Mental stress and post-traumatic stress, neuroimaging, depression and anxiety disorders
Dr Manote Lotrakul, MD
Mahidol University
Bankok, Thailand
Expertise: Mood Disorders, Suicide, Psychiatric service in primary care
Dr Daihui Peng, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Psychiatric clinical and basic research, focusing on mood disorders molecular biology and imaging
Dr Shenxun Shi, Master
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Expertise: Maternal depression, anxiety, multi-centre collaborative research
Dr Tianmei Si, PhD, MD
Peking University
Beijing, China
Expertise: Psychopharmacology and pharmacotherapy, depression
Dr Dan J Stein MD
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Expertise: Anxiety disorders, Research on Mental Problems in South Africa, OCD
Dr Gaohua Wang, PhD, MD
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Expertise: Depression, clinical psychopathology
Dr Liwei Wang, MD
Fudan University
Fundan, China
Expertise: Depression, anxiety, fear and other types of emotional disorders clinical diagnosis and treatment
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MD
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Expertise: Bipolar, depression
Dr Ning Zhang, PhD
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, China
Expertise: Depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, psychotherapy
Editorial Board Members: Brain function and psychological trait
Dr Christian Beste, MD
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Germany
Expertise: Mental stress, neurosis and psychotherapy
Dr Yuping Cao, PhD, MD
Central South University
Changsha, China
Expertise: Mental stress, neurosis and psychotherapy
Dr Raymond Chan, PhD
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology
Dr Huijun Li, PhD
Florida A&M University
Florida, USA
Expertise: Psychology, psychotic disorders
Dr Hanna Lu, PhD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Expertise: Mechanisms of cognitive ageing and resilience; precise measurement of neurocognitive functions; individualized non-invasive brain stimulation; neuroinformatics approach to brain science in psychiatry
Editorial Board Members: Brain imaging and biological indicator research
Dr Jijun Wang, PhD, MD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Clinical electrophysiology, tDCS metaplasticity, functional magnetic resonance imaging, neuroimaging
Professor Yufeng Zang, PhD
Hangzhou Normal University
Hangzhou, China
Expertise: Calculating methodology of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and its application in cognition and brain diseases
Editorial Board Members: Children and adolescent psychiatry
Dr Yasong Du, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Psychiatry for children and adolescents, behavioural disorders, learning difficulties, psychotherapy
Dr Michael T Bailey, PhD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ohio, USA
Expertise: Gut microbiota, adolescent
Editorial Board Members: Mental health issues
Dr Paul E. Bebbington, PhD
University College London
London, UK
Expertise: Epidemiological issues, mental health services, and psychological theories and treatments of psychosis
Professor Robert Freedman, PhD
University of Colorado
Denver, USA
Expertise: Neurology, psychiatry, schizophrenia, depression and health service delivery
Dr Kenneth J. Gill, PhD, MD
Rutgers School of Health Professions
Newark, USA
Expertise: Rehabilitation, Evaluation
Dr Giovanni de Girolamo
St. John of God Clinical Research Centre
Brescia, Italy
Expertise: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychiatry
Dr Sujita Kar
King George's Medical University
Lucknow, India
Expertise: Neuromodulation; Early augmentation in psychiatric disorders; Suicide prevention; Culture bound syndrome
Dr Rajiv Tandon, MD
Western Michigan University
Michigan, USA
Expertise: AI Machine learning
Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft, PhD
King’s College London
London, UK
Expertise: Stigma and discrimination, mental health needs assessment, cost-effectiveness evaluations of mental health treatments, service user-led research, implementation science, global mental health
Dr Phern-Chern Tor, PhD
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Expertise: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and psychiatric ethics
Dr Xiaoping Wang, PhD, MD
Central South University
Changsha, China
Expertise: Judicial psychiatry
Professor Yifeng Xu, MD, MSc
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Declaration of Interests: Nothing to Declare
orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-1141
Expertise: Psychiatry, Medical Psychology
Editorial Board Members: Obsessive compulsive disorders
Dr Kaida Jiang, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Anxiety, depression disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder
Professor Diana Koszycki
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Expertise: Assessment and treatment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, OCD, stress-related disorders
Dr Zhen Wang, PhD, MD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety disorder (generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder), social anxiety (social phobia), insomnia
Editorial Board Members: Older people related disease and Alzheimer’s disease
Professor Wei Chen, Master
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang, China
Expertise: Biomarkers of depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety diagnosis and treatment, early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s
Dr Xia Li, PhD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Dementia, molecular genetics and biochemistry of dementia and mood disorder
Dr Gang Wang, MD
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Editorial Board Members: Pathological mechanism(including neural circuit research)
Professor Jinghong Chen, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
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Expertise: Psychosocial Stress and Depression Anxiety Pharmacology, Somatic Symptoms, Pain Comorbidities, Animal Behavior
Dr Hajime Hirase, PhD
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Expertise: New frontiers in tDCS mechanism, tDCS metaplasticity and astrocytic calcium, synaptic plasticity mechanism, microglia, neuroimaging
Professor Ji Hu
ShanghaiTech University
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Neuropsychopharmacology, depression
Dr Keith Kelley, PhD
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Illinois, USA
Expertise: Brain, behavior and immunity
Dr Tao Li, PhD, MD
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Expertise: Molecular genetics of mental illness
Dr Michael Maes, PhD, MD
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Expertise: Oxidative stress, inflammation, cytokines
Dr Weihua Yue, PhD
Peking University Sixth Hospital & Institute of Mental Health
Beijing, China
Expertise: Genetic psychiatry, psychiatry for children and adolescents psychotherapy
Associate Professor Chen Zhang, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Psychopharmacology
Dr Jingping Zhao, PhD, MD
Central South University
Changsha, China
Expertise: Brain imaging, neurobiochemical transmitters, neuroendocrinology and immunology
Editorial Board Members: Pharmacological therapy and neural treatment
Associate Professor Donghong Cui, PhD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Molecular genetics, biological targets
Professor Jose de Leon
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY, USA
Expertise: Clozapine, pharmaco-kinetics, anti-psychotics
Dr Jianlin Ji, MD
Fudan University
Fudan, China
Expertise: General hospital psychiatry, depression and anxiety cognitive behaviour therapy
Dr Huafang Li, PhD, MD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Clinical pathology and pharmacology, psychopharmacology genetics
Dr Huichun Li, PhD
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang, China
Expertise: Biological psychiatry, pharmacology, clinical psychiatry
Dr Xiaobai Li, PhD
China Medical University
Taiwan, China
Expertise: Psychopharmacology, animal models, psychiatry clinical basis
Dr Giovanni Maria Ruggiero, PhD
Sigmund Freud University
Vienna, Italy
Expertise: Cognitive-behavioural therapy, psychiatrist and cognitive-behavioural therapist
Assistant Professor Bing Tian
University of Texas
Galveston TX, USA
Expertise: Molecular Medicine, neuroscience
Professor Chuanyue Wang, PhD
Capital Medical University
Beijing, China
Expertise: Biological psychiatry, clinical psychiatry and pharmacology
Dr Albert Yeung, PhD
Harvard University
Boston, USA
Expertise: Integrating primary care and mental health services to improve treatment of depression, mental health issues of under-served populations, and the use of complementary and alternative methods in treating mood and anxiety disorders
Professor Ti-Fei Yuan
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Drug addiction, Brain stimulation
Associate Professor Hanting Zhang, PhD
West Virginia University
West Virginia, USA
Expertise: Bipolar disorders, cognition, psychotic disorder
Editorial Board Members: Psychosomatic medicine
Professor Sandeep Grover
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh, India
Expertise: General Adult Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Geriatric Psychiatry
Dr Hajime Hirase, PhD
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Expertise: New frontiers in tDCS mechanism, tDCS metaplasticity and astrocytic calcium, synaptic plasticity mechanism, microglia, neuroimaging
Dr Zheng Lu, MD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Anxiety, depression disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder
Dr Hean T Ong
Cardiac Solutions Medical Centre
Singapore
Expertise: Clinical trials, anxiety depression, cardiovascular disease
Dr Mathieu Piché
University of Quebec,
Quebec, Canada
Expertise: Anodal trans-cranial direct current stimulation of brain (tDCD), memory, pain
Professor Yuan Shen
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Psychiatry, Psychosomatic medicine
Dr Robert Stewart
Kings College London
London, UK
Expertise: Epidemiological analysis, physical characteristics/disease indicators
Dr Brendon Stubbs
Kings College London
London, UK
Expertise: Sports and mental health
Editorial Board Members: Schizophrenia
Dr Jair de Jesus Mari, PhD
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Expertise: Clinical epidemiology, systematic review studies and metanalysis, transcultural psychiatry, schizophrenia, violence and trauma, and scienciometrics
Dr Xiaoduo Fan, PhD
University of Massachusetts
Worcester, USA
Expertise: intervention strategies for first-episode psychosis, refractory symptoms of schizophrenia, medical co-morbidity and real-life functioning recovery
Dr João Gama Marques
Hospital da Luz
Lisbon, Portugal
Expertise: Clinical psychiatry, schizophrenia spectrum psychoses
Dr Dengtang Liu, PhD, MD
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai, China
Expertise: Schizophrenia medical imaging
Dr Amanda McCleery University of Iowa Iowa, USA Expertise: Cognition and electrophysiology of first episode schizophrenia
Dr Kim T. Mueser, PhD, MD Boston University Boston, USA Expertise: Schizophrenia Professor Norman Sartorius, PhD Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes Geneva, Switzerland Expertise: Schizophrenia, depression and health service delivery; classification of mental and neurological disorders orcid.org/0000-0001-8708-6289 Dr Xiangyang Zhang, PhD University of Texas Medical School Texas, USA Expertise: Cognition, biomarkers including oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, neurotropins, neuro-electrophysiology and neuroimaging, genetics and clinical psychopharmacology in schizophrenia and drug dependence/addiction research. Also engaged in editorial work.Editorial Board Members: Suicide, self-injury and violence
Dr Diego De Leo, PhD
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Expertise: Suicidology and psychogeriatrics, social and behavioural sciences
Professor Kyooseob Ha, PhD
Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea
Expertise: Bipolar disorders, suicide prevention
Professor Murad M. Khan, PhD
Aga Khan University
Karachi City, Pakistan
Expertise: Socio-cultural factors in suicidal behaviour, mental health of women and elderly, psychosomatic medicine and bioethics
Dr Arthur Kleinman, PhD
Harvard University,
Boston, USA
Expertise: Social origins of distress and disease; neurasthenia, depression and pain in modern China; schizophrenia, suicide and epilepsy in China
Dr Michael R. Phillips, MD
Columbia University,
New York, USA
Expertise: Suicidology and psychogeriatrics, social and behavioural sciences, epidemiology
Editorial Staff
Manfei Xu
Marlys Bueber
Andrew Fralick
Liya Sun
Shi Gao
Yu Zhang
Publishing team
Publisher: George Neame
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