Lida-Alkisti Xenaki, MD, MSc, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the First Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She received her medical degree from Charles University in Prague, completed doctoral studies on European psychiatric reform at Democritus University of Thrace, and postgraduate studies in Medical Research Methodology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She gained clinical experience in community psychiatry through her work with the Association for Regional Development and Mental Health (EPAPSY) and subsequently undertook postgraduate research training in Psychosis Studies at King’s College London and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Her clinical and research interests encompass early intervention in psychosis, community and social psychiatry, psychodynamic and phenomenological approaches to mental illness, psychoanalysis, and clinical and environmental factors associated with the course and outcome of early psychosis. She is a qualified psychoanalyst and a member of the Hellenic Psychoanalytical Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).