Maladaptive daydreaming Researchers
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ICMDR Board
ICMDR founder and senior researcher
ICMDR scientific director
ICMDR executive director
Maladaptive daydreaming research groups
A growing number of researchers at various stages of their careers, originating from different countries, have been studying maladaptive daydreaming. Below is the list of the ICMDR research groups by country.
Australia
Psychologist, Writer & Researcher
The Mood and Mind Centre, Queensland, Australia
Author of 'Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy'.
Independent researcher, Sydney, Australia
Delphi Training and Consulting
Australia
Rachael Haynes, PhD
Charles Sturt University, New South Wales
Australia
Brazil
Clinical Psychologist
Institute of Psychiatry, Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Canada
Farah Abdulsatar, MD FRCPC FAAP
Department of Paediatrics
London Health Science center, Children's Hospital
Thames Valley Children Centre
Children's Health Research Institute, Ontario, Canada
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Western University The Child and Parent Resource Institute
London, Ontario, Canada
Czech Republic
IBSARO - Institute of Behavioral Studies
Greece
Professor of Psychopathology
Head Department of Educational and Social Policy,
University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Hungary
Faculty of General Medicine,
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Alexandra Sándor, PhD student
Faculty of General Medicine,
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Department of Personality and Clinical Psychology,
Institute of Psychology,
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary
India
Mahimna Vyas, Ph.D. Candidate (University of Bolton)
Psychology Lecturer, Amity University, Mumbai, India.
Israel
The Consciousness of Psychopathology Lab,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Nitzan Theodor-Katz, PhD student
The Consciousness of Psychopathology Lab,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Ori Meidan, MA student
The Consciousness of Psychopathology Lab
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychology,
School of Social Work,
University of Haifa, Israel
Somer Psychotherapy and Research
Haifa, Israel
School of Social Work
University of Haifa, Israel
Professor of Social-Cultural Psychology
School of Social Work
University of Haifa, Israel
Yael Barda, MA student
School of Social Work
University of Haifa, Israel
Italy
Professor of Psychopathology
UKE Kore University of Enna, Italy
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries,
University of Parma, Italy
Alessia Marino, MA
Istituto Italiano di Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica, Palermo
Italian Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Italy
Erika Ferrante, MA
Istituto Italiano di Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica, Palermo
Italian Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Italy
Poland
Head of the Research Center for Trauma and Dissociation,
SWPS University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Katowice, Poland
Anna Pyszkowska, PhD
Department of Social Sciences
Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Mateusz Barłóg, PhD
Department of Psychology
Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Ari Nowacki, M.A., PhD student
Department of Social Sciences
Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Portugal
Associate Professor, Deputy Director of PhD in Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology and life sciences, Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal
Shivani Atul Mansuklal, PhD student
Invited Assistant Lecturer , First-Stage Researcher, HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab, School of Psychology and life sciences, Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal
Sweden
Department of Psychology
Lund University, Sweden
Switzerland
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
The Netherlands
Parnassia Group, dep. of PsyQ Online, The Hague, The Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), dep. Of National eHealth Living Lab NeLL), Leiden, The Netherlands
Turkey
Ali Kandeğer, M.D.
Assoc. Prof. of Psychiatry
Adult Neurodevelopmental Disorders Clinic
Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
Professor of neurology and psychology,
Uskudar University, Turkey
Clinical Psychotherapist, Brain Goals Psychology Center.
Department of Neuroscience, Uskudar University, Turkey
Ezra Alper Tosun, M.A.
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
UK
Salomons Institute of Applied Psychology,
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Evelina London Children's Hospital,
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Private Healthcare and Kings College London, UK
Evelina London Children's Hospital,
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Private Healthcare and Kings College London, UK
USA
The Colin A. Ross Institute,
Trauma Education Essentials,
Denton, Texas, USA
Independent researcher
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Independent researcher
New York City, NY, USA
Professor, Clinical Psychologist
The Department of Kinesiology,
California State University,
Northridge, USA
Co-director of the Exercise and Psychophysiology laboratory.
California State University,
Northridge, USA
Graduated ICMDR Research Students
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Oren Herscu, PhD
Amy Lucas, DClinPsy
Almog Danieli, MA
Gabrielle Small, MA
Zina Nsairy-Sliman, MA
Suha Meari-Amer, MA
Hikmat Knane, MA
Reut Brenner, MA
Michal Harel, MA