Giuliana GALLI CARMINATI, Director of Publication, MD, PhD. Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist FMH, Psychoanalyst (IIPB - International Institute of Psychoanalysis Charles Baudouin). Adjunct Professor of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH).

From 1999 to 2013 she was Chief Physician of the Unit of Psychiatry of Mental Development (UPDM) of the University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva (Switzerland), she was Privat Docent and Lecturer at the University of Geneva.

She is a founding member and President of ASsociation TRavail Groupal thérapeutique et social, founding member and President of Simposietto, founding member of Geneva India Learning Disability Association (GILDA), founding member and Vice President of Society for Human-Animal Relationship Research and Education (SHARRE), member of the Foundation Board of the FRH, Member of the Foundation Board of ASA (Association d'aide aux personnes avec un handicap mental).

Abbas MOALLEM, Chief Editor

Dr. Abbas Moallem is a human factors and ergonomics expert and an adjunct professor at San Jose State University and Santa Clara University in California USA.

Abbas has over 20 years of experience in the field of human factors and ergonomics. He has consulted hundreds of institutions for disabled people in Europe and Canada. He has authored several innovative methodologies for the evaluation, orientation and management of human resources in institutions and enterprises for people with intellectual disabilities. Dr. Moallem holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Ergonomics from the University of Paris (Paris XIII) and is the founder of the European Journal on Mental Disability and is on the editorial board of several professional publications.

M. Vijaya Rama Raju, Editor

Dr. M.V.R. Raju, PhD is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology. He is Director of the Center for Psychological Assessment and Counseling at the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA 50003.

T. Saraswathi Devi, 1944-2018

The Andhra University has awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Smt. T. Saraswathi Devi for her research on Validation and Application of Aberrant Behaviour Assessment Checklist in Telugu Language and Studies on Interventions at Lebenshilfe Special School for the mentally handicapped founded by her in 1980.

She worked for the development of mentally challenged people for the last 34 years. Mrs. Saraswathi Devi collaborated with the division of mental health and psychiatry of the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.