Biographical note

Graham Thornicroft is Professor of Community Psychiatry at King's College London. He is also a Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working in a community mental health team with people in a first episode of psychosis. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator Emeritus, and Honorary Fellow of King's College London and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Graham has made significant contributions to the fields of community mental health, global mental health, and reducing stigma and discrimination. Bob Drake is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and a Vice President at the Westat Corporation. He is an active clinician and has studied psychiatric rehabilitation for over 50 years. Along with Deborah Becker, he developed the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of supported employment, the IPS Employment Center, and the International IPS Learning Community. He has published more than 700 articles and books on psychiatric rehabilitation. Oye Gureje is Professor and Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Neuroscience and Substance Abuse, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine and a laureate of the Nigerian National Order of Merit. He is known internationally for his work on psychiatric epidemiology, ageing, psychiatric nosology and global mental health. Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D. was the Executive Director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University from 2011 to 2016, where he still works. Dr. Mueser has served on the editorial boards of numerous peer reviewed journals and was formerly the co-editor of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal and U.S. editor of the Journal of Mental Health. He is a recipient of the Michael S. Neale Award from Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) of the American Psychological Association and the Armin Leob Research Award from United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. Hs research focuses psychosocial treatments for people with serious mental illnesses. Dr George Szmukler is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. He has been Dean of the Institute of Psychiatry, consultant psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics. His research interests have included: eating disorders, health services research, service users and carers as partners in conducting research, ethical and legal aspects of psychiatry - especially reform of mental health legislation - and research on methods aimed at reducing coercion in mental health care.