2nd World Congress on
Mental Health

Associate Professor of Education and Special Pedagogy of the University of Salerno, President of the Teaching Council in Education Sciences for Inclusion and Wellness (SFIB), director of the specialization course in Education and Psychopedagogy for students with autistic disorder in the Department of Human Sciences, Philosophy and Education of the University of Salerno. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of «Autism Insight», «Journal of Experimental Neuroscience», «Rehabilitation Process and Outcome» and «Annals of Neurosciences - Official Journal of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences». His recent scientific production deals with the issue of special educational needs with a transdisciplinary approach, which integrates the contributions of medical sciences, neurosciences and technosciences to the heritage of educational and didactic research.

Neuroscience

Dr. Lidia Martinez earned her Ph.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 2004. Her credentials include Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Qualified Supervisor, and Master Level Addiction Professional (MCAP). She is also an Alcohol and Drug counselor with the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is also part time core faculty in the online Mental Health Therapy and Addiction Education Programs at The Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University. For more than 20 years, she worked to bring a holistic approach to treatment, combining a broad array of evidence-based therapeutic strategies in collaboration with the medical components for wellness. Her specialties include working in the areas of anxiety disorders, parenting challenges, obesity and weight loss, addictions, adjustment issues, and trauma. She enjoys seeing her patients flourish and maintain their goals as they incorporate new insights and strategies learned on their therapeutic journey that help to grow their resilience. She offers innovative services through text, phone, video, or online chat sessions as part of her telemedicine platform.

Mental health, Women and mental health, children and adolescences and mental health, Addiction

Dr. Oscar Hernandez finished post-doctoral training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Michigan State University. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics and has been in private practice for over 30 years in Miami, Florida, USA. He has passed the Certifying Examination of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and is the founder of Florida Bariatrics and Nutrition. He practices primary care and obesity medicine helping thousands of patients who suffer from cardiometabolic illness and his work has been featured on the documentary “600 Pound Mom” on Discovery Channel, “Race Against Time” on TLC, and “Fat City” on Discovery Life. He is the host of the weekly “Health Talks” program on 90.9 FM (USA). His background as a private practitioner in primary care provides an excellent example of how collaboration between primary care physicians and psychiatrists can be achieved in a community setting.

Primary Care, Eating disorder