Loredana Lucarelli
She is Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Full Professor in Dynamic Psychology at the University of Cagliari, Vice Chair (2015-2018) and Chair (2018–Present) in the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy at the Faculty of Human Studies. Fellow of the World Association for Infant Mental Health-WAIMH, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2016) of the Italian Association for Infant Mental Health, affiliate to WAIMH, her scientific and research areas of interest are: developmental psychopathology, feeding and eating disorders, attachment and affective regulation development, differential diagnosis and clinical assessment, treatment, and longitudinal outcome. Research activities have investigated the efficacy of early intervention programs in enhancing the quality of parent–infant interaction and attachment relationship in depressive, psychosocial, and cumulative-risk parenting.