Dr. Gerald Perman is a board-certified psychiatrist based in Beverly Hills, CA. He holds positions as a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at George Washington University Medical Center and Creighton University Medical School. Dr. Perman has served as President of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. He edits the online magazine Capital Psychiatry available at www.dcpsych.org and has expertise in Jacques Lacan, with articles searchable under "Perman and Lacan." Additionally, he contributes to the Physician Health Committee of the DC Medical Society. Dr. Perman's website is: drperman.com.

Dr. Adhikari is an expert in the fields of Chemistry and Neuroscience. He is currently an associate professor here at UCLA, and has been a part of UCLA’s Psychology Department since 2017. Along with his role as an educator, Dr. Adhikari also runs a lab that investigates how the brain manages various changes that are linked to emotional behaviors, specifically the emotions of fear and anxiety. These changes involve complex and dynamic adaptations in the hormonal, physiological and behavioral realms. Through his work Dr. Adhikari aims to make sense of how interactions between different brain structures control these processes, seeking insights that shed light on the neural basis of pathological anxiety disorders and adaptive aversion to danger.