Authors

Dr Barnard is an assistant professor of sociology at New York University. His research examines decision-making in public mental health care in France and the United States.

Dr Asghar-Ali is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist, a professor of psychiatry, and the geriatric psychiatric fellowship director at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the associate director for education at the VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center.

Dr Schoeller is the cofounder and chief executive officer of ReWire Neurotechnologies, Inc and a senior research scientist at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS) in Santa Monica, CA.His work spans affective neuroscience, human–technology interaction, and psychiatric applications. He previously held research positions at the MIT Media Lab and the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center. He holds equity in and has received compensation from both companies.

Dr Weir is the lead clinical adviser at Qbtech, where she supports clinicians worldwide in delivering evidence-based ADHD assessment and care. Based in Texas, she previously worked in academia and as a psychologist in a pediatric psychology department in the UK. She is a Health and Care Professions Council–registered psychologist and earned a master’s degree in health psychology; her doctoral research focuses on the cross-cultural use of psychological rating scales.

Dr DeRenzo is the chief anesthesiologist at Magee Women’s Hospital, and an associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr Newcorn is professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, and director of the Division of ADHD and Learning Disorders at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the director of Pediatric Psychopharmacology for the Mount Sinai Health System, and supervising psychiatrist in the Student Trainee Mental Health Program at Mount Sinai.

Dr Masel is the executive vice-president for Medical Affairs with the Centre for Neuroskills and is a clinical professor of neurology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Dr Matta serves as the Senior Director of Medical Services at Home Base National Center of Excellence, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program. She has extensive experience in military psychiatry, having served within the Defense Health Agency and the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is also an instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Dr Hager is a board-certified psychiatrist and clinical informaticist. He serves as medical advisor and board member for the National Shattering Silence Coalition. He has over 2 decades of practice worked across jails, prisons, forensic state hospitals, jail-based competency restoration programs, and community mental health settings in Florida, Indiana, and Texas.