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Biographies of The Blog Authors

Carl Elliott, MD, PhD – Long Bio

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ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, is Professor in the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota, where he also has joint...

Seth Farber, PhD – Long Bio

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Dr. Seth Farber is a writer, social critic, dissident psychologist, visionary, activist (in the human rights, Green and anti-war movements -- and a supporter...

Joanne Cacciatore, PhD – Long Bio

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GRIEVING FOR GRIEF Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University and founder of theĀ Center for Loss and TraumaĀ and the MISS Foundation....

Dr. Erik Monasterio – Long Bio

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Originally from Bolivia, but now working and living in New Zealand, Dr. Erik Monasterio is a forensic psychiatrist and senior clinical lecturer with the...

Elizabeth Kenny – Long Bio

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Elizabeth KennyĀ is an actor, playwright, teacher, and lecturer. She has been working in the professional theater since 1993 and became an Artistic Associate at...

Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor – Long Bio

PSYCHIATRY, STATE POWER, AND CAPITALISM Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, is a psychiatric survivor and environmental psychologist.Ā First institutionalized at 15 years old, her often activist...

Philip Thomas, MD – Long Bio

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ENGLISH MADNESS After working as a full-time consultant psychiatrist in the NHS for over twenty years,Ā Philip Thomas, MD,Ā left clinical practice in 2004 to write. He...

Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD – Long Bio

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CHANGE NOW Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, is the owner ofĀ  WRAP and Recovery Books, and founder of the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery. She...

Olga Runciman – Long Bio

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DENMARK: VOICES FROM THE INSIDE OUT Olga Runciman is an international trainer and speaker as well as writer, campaigner and artist. She sees the hearing...

Sharna Olfman – Long Bio

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Sharna Olfman, PhD,Ā is the editor/author of the Childhood In America book series for Praeger Publishers, a Professor of Clinical and Developmental Psychology at Point...

Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson – Long Bio

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Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson has been the Parish Minister of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver in British Columbia since 2002.Ā Prior to entering professional ministry,...

Margaret Altman – Long Bio

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VOICELESS IN AMERICA Margaret Altman was born, raised and educated in N.Y., receiving her MSW at Adelphi University. She is licensed as a clinical psychotherapist...

Sandra Steingard, MD – Long Bio

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ANATOMY OF A PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE Sandra Steingard, MD, is the Medical Director of HowardCenter and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont...

Robert Nikkel, MSW – Long Bio

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POLICY FOR RECOVERY Bob Nikkel, MSW, is the Executive Director of the Mad in America Continuing Education Project and is an Associate Professor in the...

Jay Watts – Long Bio

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RECLAIMING THE UNCONSCIOUS Jay Watts is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and mental health activist living in London. Dr Watts had held many senior clinical and...

George Atwood, PhD – Long Bio

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MEN ON HOOKS George Atwood, PhD, is a professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University (retired), where he taught for 41 years. George has devoted...

Joseph Tarantolo, MD – Long Bio

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PRIMUM NON NOCERE Joseph Tarantolo,Ā MD, is a so-called Board Certified psychiatrist. He is a therapist and helps patients wean them selves off of psychotropic drugs....

Douglas Bloch – Long Bio

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BEYOND PROZAC: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TREATING MOOD DISORDERS Douglas Bloch, MA, is an author, teacher and mental health coach who writes and speaks on...

Lucy Costa – Long Bio

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Lucy Costa was born to Azorean parents who immigrated to Toronto, Canada in the early seventies. She is deputy executive director of a non-profit...

Alison Page – Long Bio

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Alison Page is a benzodiazepine survivor. She took prescribed benzodiazepines off and on for 16 months and was rapidly tapered off. She ended up...

Catherine Clarke–Long Bio

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Catherine Clarke is a former nurse (SRN), midwife (SCM) and chiropodist (MSSCH MBChA.) Following her sonā€™s violent propulsion into the mental health system, she...

Peter Breggin, MD – Long Bio

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THE BREGGIN BLOG: THE CONSCIENCE OF PSYCHIATRY Peter R. Breggin, MD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former full-time consultant at NIMH.Ā  Dr. Breggin has been...

Tim Desmond – Long Bio

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ONE MIND Tim Desmond, LMFT, is a therapist and consultant in private practice specializing in Buddhist psychology, Nonviolent Communication, and natural treatments for depression and...

Ronald Bassman, PhD – Long Bio

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RIGHTS, INCLUSION, DIGNITY - RECOVERY After more than forty years of studying madness or whatĀ he prefers to call extreme and diverse mental states,Ā Ron Bassman's beliefs...

Norman Hoffman, MD – Long Bio

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Dr. Norman Hoffman is the Director of MedEgo mental health services, and former Director of the McGill Student Mental Health Service.Ā  He has been...