**Meet the editor**

Dr Federico Durbano was born in Genua, Italy, in 1963. He received a degree in Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy, and at the same University, he did a specialization in Psychiatry. Soon after, he became a specialist in Forensic Psychiatry, giving his contribution in different Italian courts. Since 2001, he has been working in Fatebenefratelli and Ophtalmic Hospital in Milan,

Italy, formerly as Chief Coordinator of the Emergency Psychiatric Service, and since 2012, as Chief Coordinator of Community Psychiatric Services. In addition, he is responsible for quality processes and risk management of the Mental Health Department, producing local guidelines on different topics. As a teacher, he collaborates with the University of Milan Nursing School, and he is the course director of a number of courses on aggressivity, prevention of violence, and self-defense for nurses and other health operators. He has been a speaker at more than 100 national congresses and a teacher at more than 50 national training courses. So far, Dr Durbano published about 150 papers on psychiatric issues, with a particular focus on psychosomatics, general psychiatry, and community psychiatry.
