Dr. Amy Weisman de Mamani, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the Adult Division of the Psychology Department at the University of Miami.  Her research focuses on free will perceptions, attributions of control, religious beliefs and values, and other socio-cultural factors (e.g., self-construal and acculturation), that may be associated with patients’ and relatives’ emotional reactions to schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other serious mental disorders. She has published over 50 papers on these topics