Silvio Bellino, MD, PhD, University of Turin, Italy
Dr Bellino is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Turin. He graduated in Medicine in 1990/91, specialized in Psychiatry in 1995/96, and became a psychiatry researcher in 2001. Since 2007, he has led the Centre for Personality Disorders. His research focuses on personality, mood, and anxiety disorders, as well as interpersonal psychotherapy for major depression and personality disorders. He has presented findings at national and international conferences and published extensively in indexed journals. Dr Bellino has also served as Editor in Chief of Current Psychopharmacology, President of the Italian Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and Secretary of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders. His contributions have significantly advanced psychiatric research and clinical practice.
Paola Bozzatello, MD, PhD, University of Turin, Italy
Dr Bozzatello graduated from the University of Turin, where she specialized in Psychiatry. She obtained her PhD in Neuroscience in 2017, became researcher at the Department of Neuroscience in 2020, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry in 2022. She teaches at the School of Medicine and at Schools of Medical Specialization at the University of Turin. For many years, she has been involved in the study of personality disorders, in particular borderline personality disorder (BPD), and her scientific research focuses on the early diagnosis of BPD, the role of traumatic events in this disorder, individual and group psychotherapy for BPD patients, pharmacotherapy and cognitive rehabilitation interventions.
William Ellison, PhD, Trinity University, USA
Dr Ellison is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Trinity University. He holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Penn State University and completed his clinical internship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School and a postdoctoral fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His research focuses on personality disorders, especially borderline personality disorder and pathological narcissism. Dr Ellison also researches the uses of mobile technology such as smartphones for clinical practice and research.
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