Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2014 12.  Experts of the National Preventive Mechanism Psychiatrists Leszek Asman – a  psychiatrist. Currently, he is employed at the Mental Health Centre in Zabrze as a medical manager, as well as the head of the day psychiatric ward and the head of the outpatient clinic complex (mental health clinic, neurotic disorders clinic, home treatment team). For many years, he worked as the head of psychiatric wards (Olkusz, Rybnik). For a year, he was employed at the control department within the Silesian Branch of the National Health Fund. He has many years’ experience as an expert witness in the field of psychiatry. He finished a postgraduate school in the field of health protection management. He runs his private medical practice in Żory. Jolanta Paszko – a psychiatrist. A graduate of the Medical University of Lublin. She gained her professional experience at the Psychiatric Hospital in Gniezno, and later – at the Bródnowski Hospital and the Bielański Hospital in Warsaw. In 1992-2008, she was a scientific assistant at the 4th Clinic of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw. She authored research publications in the area of environmental and clinical psychiatry. Currently, she is working on her PhD thesis. She completed a psychodynamic psychotherapy course in Kraków. Kama Katarasińska-Pierzgalska – a  psychiatrist. A graduate of the Medical University of Łódź. She gained her professional experience at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Łódź and the Łódź-Bałuty Health Care Centre. Since 2001, she has worked at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, and since 2008 – she has also run her private medical practice. For several years, she has been working for the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, i.e. she delivers lectures, workshops and participates in educational projects. She is a psychologist as well. Anna Rusek – a doctor of medical sciences, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University of Silesia, a second degree specialist in psychiatry. In 1989, she received the title of the doctor of medical sciences for her thesis on mental disorders in the burn disease. She completed her postgraduate studies in the field of HR management, entrepreneurship and career counselling – organisation of heath care centres. In 1978-1992, she was employed at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Medical University of Silesia in Tarnowskie Góry. Since 1992, she has been employed at the Psychiatric Hospital in Toszek. An expert witness at both the Regional Court in Gliwice and the Episcopal Court in Gliwice. Agnieszka Szaniawska-Bartnicka – a psychiatrist (second degree specialist since 1999). A graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw. She has gained 74