Authors

Dr Patel Rao is medical director at Vista Hill Foundation in San Diego, California; clinical professor in the University of California San Diego Department of Psychiatry; and president of the local San Diego regional chapter of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Ms Freitas is a research coordinator at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System currently working with Dr Yarns to investigate EAET for older veterans.

Dr Gupta is the founder of Wellness Psychiatry in NY & Wellness Psychiatry of California. He is also the vice-chair of the APA Scientific Program Committee, chair of the Posters Subcommittee, and cochair of the Courses Subcommittee.

Dr Taylor is an assistant professor and consult-liaison psycho-oncologist in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.



Dr Kar is a consultant psychiatrist and college tutor at Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Wolverhampton, UK. He is also an honorary professor of psychiatry at the University of Wolverhampton.

Dr Yarns is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist, assistant professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and assistant director of the VA Health Systems Research Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. He has practiced, taught, and researched EAET for older veterans over 8 years.

Dr Chari is the assistant psychosocial director and didactic lead of the INSPIRE Clinic and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in California.

Sarah Hakam

Ms Hakam is a medical student at Texas A&M’s EnMed program, where she conducts research in nanomedicine drug delivery systems and postpartum mental health, and is actively engaged in mental health advocacy.

Dr Lee is a clinical assistant professor and a California-licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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