Asst. Prof. Dr. Merve Bat Tonkuş completed her undergraduate education in nursing and her postgraduate studies in psychiatric and mental health nursing. Her academic work focuses on areas such as mental health, psychiatric care, community mental health, psychiatric nursing, and addiction. She has published scientific articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. She is currently working as a faculty member at Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pan Health Sciences.