Cristina O'Ferrall-González MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and professor in the Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy at the University of Cádiz; leads the research group PAIDI CTS-391 (Andalusia, Spain); and belongs to the Instituto de Investigación e Innovation in Biomedical Research of Cádiz (Spain). Her research profile is aimed at preventing alcohol consumption in young people and in the clinical population, improving the stigma towards mental illness, and contrasting the efficacy of motivational intervention in people with severe mental illness; she has directed and currently directs several doctoral theses and has published results on these topics, among others.