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General Psychiatry Editorial Board members have agreed and adhere to the BMJ Editor Roles and Responsibilities guidelines; including our Editor policy on competing interests.
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 ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-0403-1141 Expertise: Psychiatry, Medical Psychology
Deputy Editors
Professor Min Zhao, PhD Shanghai Mental Health Center Shanghai, China ORCID logoorcid.org/0000-0002-4551-043X Expertise: Drug dependence Professor Jinghong Chen, PhD Shanghai Mental Health Center Shanghai, China ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-9359 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 ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0001-8708-6289 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 ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-4439
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 ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-4432-1565 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 ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-0297 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. ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0001-6470-980X Dr Eduard Vieta, MD University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Expertise: Clinical trials in Psychiatry ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-0548-0053 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 ORCID logoorcid.org/0000-0002-4551-043X 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 logo 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 ORCID logo orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-9359 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 logo 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 Head of Portfolio: Richard Sands