Editorial Board

Editorial Board

  • Editor-in-Chief

    • Prof.  Giovanni Martinotti

      • 1. Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti 66100, Italy.
      • 2. Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, AL10 9AB Hatfield, UK

      Research Interests: addiction psychiatry; pharmacological treatment of addiction disorders; brain stimulation techniques; new psychoactive substances and psychedelics.

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  • Associate Editor

    • Dr.  Stefania Chiappini

      • 1. UniCamillus International University of Medical Sciences, Via di S. Alessandro 8, Roma, Italy.
      • 2. Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, AL10 9AB Hatfield, UK

      Research Interests: psychopharmacology; addiction; dual diagnoses; new psychoactive substances; pharmacovigilance; mood disorders.

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  • Editorial Board Members

    • Prof.  Andrea Fagiolini

      Division of Psychiatry, Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena 53100, Italy.

      Research Interests: treatment of mood; psychotic and anxiety disorders; suicidality; functional impairment and quality of life in patients with mental diseases.

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    • Prof.  Amira Guirguis

      Pharmacy, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.

      Research Interests: undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy education and training; public health; substance of misuse and novel psychoactive substances; harm reduction interventions; drug policy; drug education; drug detection and drug checking; analytical chemistry; raman spectroscopy.

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    • Prof.  Fabrizio Schifano

      Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK.

      Research Interests: psychopharmacology; addiction; drug misuse; new psychoactive substances.

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    • Prof.  Joseph Zohar

      Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.

      Research Interests: resistant depression; OCD; PTSD; psychotropics.

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    • Prof.  Lorenzo Leggio

      Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology Section, Translational Addiction Medicine Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore and Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.

      Research Interests: intersection between addictive disorders and neuroendocrine systems; gut-brain axis; and other peripheral-central pathways; with the goal of identifying new targets and treatments.

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    • Prof.  Marco Di Nicola

      Department of Psychiatry, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00136 Rome, Italy.

      Research Interests: mood disorders; addiction psychiatry; ADHD; treatment-resistant depression; innovations in treatment; personalized medicine; full-functional recovery.

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    • Dr.  Mauro Pettorruso

      Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio, 66013 Chieti, Italy.

      Research Interests: addiction psychiatry; clinical psychiatry; biological psychiatry; neuropsychopharmacology; neuromodulation.

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    • Prof.  Narcís Cardoner

      Spanish Network for Research in Mental Health (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Salud Mental, CIBERSAM), Health Institute Carlos III (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain.

      Research Interests: clinical and neurobiological characterization of affective; anxiety and stress-related disorders; particularly through neuropsychology; neuroimaging and omics techniques with the aim of characterizing diagnostic or therapeutic markers with translational clinical value.

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    • Dr.  Nahida Nayaz Ahmed

      SEHA Mental Health & Wellbeing Services, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. * CMO-Sakina-SEHA.

      Research Interests: psychiatry; mental health and well-being services.

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    • Prof.  Stefano Barlati

      Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

      Research Interests: cognitive and psychosocial functioning of people with severe mental illness.

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    • Dr.  Valentin Skryabin

      Moscow Research and Practical Centre on Addictions of the Moscow Department of Healthcare, Moscow, Russia.

      Research Interests: psychiatry; addictology; clinical pharmacology.

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    • Prof.  Yasser Khazaal

      Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

      Research Interests: addiction medicine; addiction psychiatry; addictions; troubles addictifs; addictive disorders.

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    • Prof.  Zsolt Demetrovics

      College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia.

      Research Interests: epidemiology; assessment and psychological correlates of substance use behaviour and behavioural addictions including gambling; video game use; problematic internet use; exercise addiction; compulsive buying; and hypersexual behaviour.

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  • Editorial Advisory Board

    • Prof.  Bernardo Dell’Osso

      Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milan, 20019 Milan, Italy.

      Research Interests: neuropsychobiology; neurochemistry; genetics and epigenetics of mood and anxiety disorders; neuropsychopharmacological treatments; neuromodulation; impulse control disorders.

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    • Prof.  Diego Quattrone

      Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.

      Research Interests: psychosis; endocannabinoid system; cannabis-associated psychosis; genetics.

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    • Prof.  Fernando Mora

      Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, 28031 Madrid, Spain.

      Research Interests: psychopathology; mental illness.

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    • Prof.  Roger S. McIntyre

      Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.

      Research Interests: mood disorders; psychopharmacology.

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  • Youth Editorial Board

    • Dr.  Alessio Mosca

      Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.

      Research Interests: addiction psychiatry; new psychoactive substances; dual diagnosis; schizophrenia; substance-induced-psychosis; pharmacovigilance; psychopathology.

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    • Dr.  Andrea Miuli

      Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.

      Research Interests: clinical psychiatry; mental illness and treatment; addiction psychology.

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    • Dr.  Antonio Ventriglio

      Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy.

      Research Interests: social psychiatry; psychopharmacology; schizophrenia; bipolar disorders; metabolic issues among psychiatry patients.

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    • Dr.  Beatrice Benatti

      Department of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “Luigi Sacco”, University of Milan, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, 20019 Milan, Italy.

      Research Interests: psychiatry; neuropsychiatry; neuropsychiatric disability; psychiatric rehabilitation; clinical psychology.

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    • Dr.  Clara Cavallotto

      Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University "G. D'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.

      Research Interests: addiction; substance use disorder; mood disorders; Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD); dual diagnosis.

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    • Dr.  Francesco Di Carlo

      Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, 66013 Chieti, Italy.

      Research Interests: addiction; substance use disorder; behavioral addiction; psychopharmacology; neuroimaging of addictive disorders; non-invasive brain stimulation techniques; dual diagnosis.

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    • Dr.  Giacomo D’Andrea

      Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.

      Research Interests: mood disorders; treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and the utilization of novel rapid-acting treatments; ketamine/esketamine and non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques; transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); identification of biological and clinical markers for mood disorders phenotyping.

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    • Dr.  Luca Pellegrini

      Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy.

      Research Interests: obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.

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    • Dr.  Matteo Buonarroti

      Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy.

      Research Interests: psychedelic research and therapy.

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    • Dr.  Miriam Olivola

      Department of Brain and Behavioural Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

      Research Interests: psychopharmacology; bipolar disorder; clinical psychiatry; treatment; psychiatric epidemiology; eating disorders; TRD and esketamine treatment.

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    • Dr.  Maria Pepe

      Department of Neuroscience, Section od Psychiatry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.

      Research Interests: addiction; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); mood disorders; Treatment-resistant Depression (TRD); dual diagnosis; psychopharmacology; personalized medicine.

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    • Dr.  Safia Sharif

      School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus-Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, UK.

      Research Interests: substance misuse; addiction behaviours; psychopharmacology; addiction studies.

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    • Prof.  Valerio Ricci

      San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, 10043 Orbassano, Italy.

      Research Interests: clinical psychiatry; psychopathology; psychopharmacology; substance abuse.

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    • Dr.  Luisa De Risio

      Department of Mental Health and Addiction, ASL Roma 5, 00034 Colleferro, Rome, Italy.

      Research Interests: mood disorders; rTMS; psychedelics; phenomenology of self.

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