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Section Editors

PLOS Mental Health Section Editors are experts in the fields of research they serve, experienced in the peer review process, ambassadors for Open Science, and active participants in their communities. They serve as advisors to the journal staff in their corresponding section, working on special issues including policy development and reporting guidelines. 

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Dickens Akena

 0000-0002-8886-4553
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Uganda
Section: Diagnosis and Classification

Micah Allen

 0000-0001-9399-4179
Aarhus University
Denmark
Section: Well-being and Emotion

Sandra Baez

Universidad de Los Andes
Colombia
Section: Cognition and Mental Health

Christian Beste

 0000-0002-2989-9561
Technische Universität Dresden
Germany
Section: Cognition and Mental Health

Michael Breakspear

The University of Newcastle Hunter Medical Research Institute
Australia
Section: Underlying Mechanisms of Mental Health Conditions and Therapies

Rodrigo Bressan

Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
Brazil
Section: Psychiatry

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Nancy Doyle

 0000-0001-5848-4093
Birkbeck University of London
United Kingdom
Section: Neurodiversity

Thomas Elbert

 0000-0003-1332-4939​
University of Konstanz
Germany
Section: Mental Health Psychology

Joseph El-Khoury

 0000-0002-4529-6840​
The Valens Clinic
United Arab Emirates
Section: Psychiatry

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Ahmed Hankir

Western University
Canada
Section: Lived Experience and Advocacy

Sherilee Harper

 0000-0001-7298-8765​
University of Alberta
Canada
Section: Environmental Impacts

Mowafa Househ

Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Qatar
Section: Digital Mental Health

Valentina Iemmi

 0000-0003-3301-0689
University of Essex
United Kingdom
Section: Public Mental Health and Policy

Sarah Jones

Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Section: Occupational Mental Health

Amanda Kirby

Cardiff University
United Kingdom
Section: Neurodiversity

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Enoch Li

Bearapy
China
Section: Occupational Mental Health

Boladale Mapayi

 0000-0002-0596-2132
Obafemi Awolowo University
Nigeria
Section: Community Mental Health

Vania Martínez

Universidad de Chile
Chile
Section: Epidemiology of Mental Health

China Mills

Healing Justice London
United Kingdom
Section: Socio-economics and Political Approaches

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Thirusha Naidu

 0000-0002-8154-790X​
University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Section: Behavioral Medicine and Mental Health Economics

Charles Ogunbode

University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Section: Environmental Impacts

Sandersan Onie

 0000-0003-2147-8102​
Black Dog Institute
Australia
Section: Lived Experience and Advocacy

Soumitra Pathare

 0000-0001-9311-9024
Indian Law Society
India
Section: Socio-economics and Political Approaches

Sidarta Ribeiro

 0000-0001-9325-9545
Federal University of Rio Grande
Brazil
Section: Well-being and Emotion

Filipa Sampaio

 0000-0002-5540-9853
Uppsala Universitet
Sweden
Section: Behavioral Medicine and Mental Health Economics

Shekhar Saxena

 0000-0001-9385-0212
Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health
United States
Section: Public Mental Health and Policy

Lianne Schmaal

The University of Melbourne and Orygen
Australia
Section: Psychiatry

Rahul Shidhaye

 0000-0001-9365-7164
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences
India
Section: Epidemiology of Mental Health

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Ruth van Holst

Academic Medical Center
Netherlands
Section: Mental Health Psychology

Craig Watkins

The University of Texas at Austin
United States
Section: Digital Mental Health

Lesley Weaver

 0000-0001-8104-0511
University of Oregon
United States
Section: Diagnosis and Classification

Gloria Wong

 0000-0002-1331-942X
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Section: Community Mental Health