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Biographies of The Blog Authors

Richard Bentall, MD – Long bio

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Psychiatry, Science & Values Richard Bentall is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Liverpool University and has previously held chairs at Manchester University and Bangor University. He...

James FitzGerald – Long Bio

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James FitzGerald is a Toronto-born journalist and author. His first book, Old Boys: The Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College, is a controversial inside...

Norbert Wetzel – Long Bio

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Norbert Wetzel is an academic teacher and licensed psychologist with extensive experience teaching and practicing systemic Couples and Family Therapy in various academic and...

Deron Drumm – Long Bio

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Deron Drumm is the Co-Executive Director of Advocacy Unlimited in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He self-identifies as having experienced extreme, altered and addictive states. He writes and...

Jon Jureidini, MD – Long Bio

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HEALTHY SKEPTICISM Jon Jureidini is a child psychiatrist at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, where he works with ill and disabled children and their...

Jen Padron, MED, CPS – Long Bio

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ON VISIONING A PEER WORKFORCE Jennifer Maria Padron is a national advocate for mental diversity in community public mental health care, outspoken activist, and a subject...

Cindi Fisher – Long Bio

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M.O.M.S. Cindi Fisher, founder of the organization MOMS, networks moms and others together to advocate for themselves or their loved ones who have experienced trauma...

John Read, PhD – Long Bio

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John joined the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1994, after working for nearly 20 years as a Clinical Psychologist and manager of mental...

Paula Caplan, PhD – Long Bio

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They Say You're Crazy Paula J. Caplan, PhD, is a clinical and research psychologist, activist, Associate at the DuBois Institute, Harvard University, and the author...

Kermit Cole – Long Bio

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Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open...

Dan Hazen – Long Bio

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A CALL TO ACTION: RADICAL SOCIAL CHANGE - FREE THE PEOPLE! Daniel Hazen is a survivor of the psychiatric and penal systems. Daniel is a...

Chuck Ruby, PhD – Long Bio

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OPERATION SPEAK UP Dr. Ruby earned his PhD in 1995 from the Florida State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who...

Jacqueline Simon Gunn, PsyD – Long Bio

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Jacqueline Simon Gunn, PsyD, is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Manhattan, a freelance writer and author. She is the former Psychology Internship...

Issa Ibrahim – Long Bio

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Issa Ibrahim is an artist, writer, musician and filmmaker born in 1965 in Jamaica, New York. He has been the Artist-In-Residence at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center's Living...

David Cohen – Long Bio

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BEYOND HEALTH AND ILLNESS David Cohen, PhD, LCSW, is Professor and Marjorie Crump Chair of Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs....

Lauren Spiro – Long Bio

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MENTAL HEALTH LIBERATION Lauren Spiro’s vision of social justice and mental health liberation fuels her work, which is focused on inspiring compassionate action and spreading innovative...

Justin Karter – Long Bio

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MIA-UMB News Editor Justin Karter is a writer, researcher and community organizer with graduate degrees in both journalism and community psychology.  He brings a particular...

Jacqui Dillon – Long Bio

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THE HEARING VOICES MOVEMENT Jacqui Dillon is a respected speaker, writer, trainer and activist, and has lectured and published worldwide on hearing voices, psychosis, dissociation,...

Scott Spicer, MPH, CPSS – Long Bio

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ADVOCACY TO ACTION - BRINGING TO LIGHT THE STRENGTHS AMONG US Scott Spicer is Founder and Senior Partner of Spicer's Consulting, dedicated to improving health, one...

Daniel Mackler – Long Bio

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DISPATCHES FROM THE ROAD Daniel Mackler is the director of the 2008 documentary Take These Broken Wings, on recovery from schizophrenia without medication, and the...

Eleanor Longden – Long Bio

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Eleanor Longden is a doctoral researcher who has lectured and published internationally on aspects of voice hearing, trauma, psychosis, and recovery. She is current coordinator...

Amy Upham – Long Bio

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Amy Upham is an Asheville, NC based poet/singer-songwriter and playwright. She has her BA in English/Creative Writing from SUNY Geneseo and has earned her keep for...

Mark Radcliffe – Long Bio

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Mark A. Radcliffe is the author of two novels; Gabriel's Angel (2010) and Stranger Than Kindness (2013), he is a long term columnist in...

Wayne Munchel – Long Bio

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Wayne Munchel, LCSW, is a leader in mental health programs designed for transition age youth. He was also a founding staff member of The Village,...

Jay Joseph – Long Bio

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THE GENE ILLUSION IN PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY Jay Joseph, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1998, he has...