Danuta Wasserman is a highly respected Swedish psychiatrist, suicidologist, and academic leader. She is a **Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and serves as the President of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) for 2023–2026. Her career has focused on suicide research and mental health prevention, founding the National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health in Sweden and directing the WHO Collaborating Centre for Suicide Prevention. She has also led major international research projects, advised global health organizations, and published widely on suicide prevention, public mental health, and psychiatric policy. Her leadership in psychiatry and public health shapes scientific efforts toward goals like improved mental health care, equity, and contributions to broader global initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Atique Ahmed is a consultant Psychiatrist and Child Psychiatrist, who finished her Master in Psychiatry in 2004 (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium). She worked in France as a ‘praticien hospitalier’ in Child Psychiatry and for the World Health Organization, before joining the research department in Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) in 2011. He has been a lecturer in France (IFSI) since 2004 but  has also joined the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland in 2012.

Sam Vaknin is the author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" and other books about personality disorders. His work is cited in hundreds of books and dozens of academic papers. He is Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia and Professor of Finance and Psychology in CIAPS (Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies). He spent the past 6 years developing a treatment modality for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Over the years, with volunteers, it was found to be effective with clients suffering from a major depressive episode as well.

Lynnette Lyzwinski is pursuing her PhD in Medicine at the School of Medicine at University of Queensland in the Department of Psychiatry and the Centre for Online Health. Her research interests include clinical trials and health promotions behaviors for promoting mental well-being and reducing lifestyle behavioral risk factors. She has special interests in mHealth, mindfulness and lifestyle medicine.