Editorial Team

 

Viktor Vus, Editor-in-Chief,

 PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor,

Director-at-Large World Federation for Mental Health,

Coordinator of the annual International Conference “Mental Health: global challenges of XXI century” (www.mhgc21.org ), R&D Laboratory for Community Health (Lviv Politechnic National University), NDSAN Network (sector of partnership building) (Italy).

National expert within Programme Committee “Europe in changing world – inclusive, innovative and conscious society” for EU Research and Innovation Programme “Horizon 2020”. 
Advisor for the year 2020-2021 with a mission and vision to promote Mental Health Awareness and Psychological Wellbeing (PFM; UN Global Compact)

Research areas: mental health and psychosocial support; Mental Health Care Systems developing; mental health and communities; health-oriented society.

 The author of educational course “The organization of Mental Health Care in transitional countries”. 

Contact information:

e-mail      viktor.vus@mhgcj.org   

 cell: +38067 74 084 29

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Maureen P. Flaherty - Vice Editor, 

PhD, Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Research areas: gender aspects of mental health; community mental health 

SCOPUS ID: 36165193400 

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Gerard Costa - Editorial Board

PhD, Director, Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health, Montclair, USA

Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Services, Montclair State University

President of the Board of Trustees of the Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning (ICDL)

Research areas: infant\child mental health, autism

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Ioanna V. Papathanasiou - Editorial Board, 

PhD, Associate Professor of Nursing - Community Psychiatry; Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Adjunct Academic Staff of the Hellenic Open University

Research areas: Mental Health Nursing; Community psychiatry; Evidence Based Practice in Mental Health

ORCID: 0000-0002-8874-8085

SCOPUS ID: 8424253200 

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Evangelos C. Fradelos - Editorial Board, 

PhD, Adjunct Professor, Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Athens, Greece

Research areas: psychiatric nursing; mental health in various populations; spirituality and religiosity and its relation to mental health parameters

SCOPUS ID: 56347571000 

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Elena V. Syurina - Editorial Board, 

PhD,  Assistant Professor Global Mental Health, Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Research areas: neuropsychology; transdisciplinary approaches to mental health-related decision making and participatory research methods

ORCID: 0000-0002-6482-3909 

SCOPUS ID: 42662490700

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Sabine Bährer-Kohler - Editorial Board

Professor Social Work, Department of Social Science, IU Internationale Hochschule, IU International University of Applied Science, Germany

Member of the Senat, Management of the University, IU Internationale Hochschule, IU International University of Applied Science, Germany

President-Elect World Federation For Mental Health

Member At Large Board of Directors- Executive Member International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)

Scopus ID: 35291491800

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Valentina Vitale - Editorial Board, 

PhD, Post doc Fellowship, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

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Daniela Elena Dumitru - Editorial Board, 

PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Teacher Training Department, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Research areas: mental health in education process; mental health and Higher Education

ORCID: 0000-0003-1440-0403

SCOPUS ID: 55149864300

ResearcherID: T-3207-2018

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Galina Itskovich - Editorial Board, 

MSW, LCSW-R, DIR-expert, Therapy Center, The Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning, New York, USA

Research areas: infant mental health; mental health and psychosocial support

ORCID: 0000-0002-1722-2203

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Victoria Alikari - Editorial Board

Ph.D., Nursing Department, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

Research areas: mental health, renal nursing, psychonephrology, health-related quality of life, adherence to treatment, patient knowledge

SCOPUS ID: 56097193100

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Mitzi Waltz - Editorial Board

Ph.D., Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Disability Studies in the Netherlands, Sheffeild Hallam University, University of Birmingham

Research areas: autism, developmental disability and mental health

ORCID: 0000-0002-9089-2545

SCOPUS ID: 6701743438

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Timo Lorenz - Editorial Board

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical School Berlin (MSB), Berlin, Germany.

Research areas: mental health in organizational psychology, autism and work, diversity, positive organizational psychology and well-being

ORCID: 0000-0002-3830-489X

SCOPUS ID: 56233330800

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Henri Pesonen - Editorial Board

Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Research areas: inclusion and mental health, autism, educational context of mental health, special educational needs of individuals

ORCID: 0000-0002-5806-8572

SCOPUS ID: 56515136400

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Konstantinos Tsaras
PhD, Associate Professor of Nursing – Public Health; Nursing Department, University of Thessaly (Greece)
Research areas: Nursing; Public Health; Epidemiology; Mental Health; Community Health; Nursing Education.

ORCID: 0000-0002-9350-0519

SCOPUS ID: 6507898249

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Ali Hamaidia - Editorial Board
Professor in Psychology. Clinical psychologist. Head of research division: “Health and development”
Research areas:
Mental Health, Health psychology, Psychotherapies, Prevention and public health.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9224-7208
Scopus ID: 57191904336

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Contact:  editor@mhgcj.org