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Biographies of The Blog Authors

Julie Greene – Long Bio

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Julie Greene was a gifted music composer and trumpet player who entered the System rather quietly on her own at age 23 in 1981. ...

Val Marsh, MSW – Long Bio

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Valerie L. Marsh, MSW, is Executive Director of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR). Marsh received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social...

Giovanni Fava — Long Bio

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Giovanni Andrea Fava earned his medical degree from the University of Padova in 1977.  In Padova he also completed his residency training in psychiatry.  After...

Emily Lupsor — Long Bio

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Emily Lupsor is a social worker in Charlotte, North Carolina where she uses her lived experience to inform her practice. Emily facilitates a mutual...

Steve Imperato — Long Bio

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Steve Imperato is a thinker and writer diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder.  He is mainly concerned with battling the "disorder" label and exploring...

Mariel Chance — Long Bio

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Mariel Chance has a Master's Degree in Sociology and is hoping to be accepted into an MSW program in Boston. She has been an...

Andrew Thibault – Long Bio

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Andrew Thibault is an extremely curious, inconvenient parent.  He is Co-Founder of Parents Against Pharmaceutical Abuse (PAPA), a parent movement opposed to over-diagnosis and...

Niall McLaren – Long Bio

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Jock McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist, author, and critic (in no particular order). He has practiced psychiatry in remote areas and stayed passably sane...

Vlado C. — Long Bio

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Vlado C's first exposure to psychiatry came in his thirties when an antidepressant prescription for mild symptoms turned into a full blown crisis and...

Gary Sidley – Long Bio

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TALES FROM THE MADHOUSE Gary Sidley, PhD is a registered clinical psychologist, freelance writer, trainer, and speaker. In 2013, he opted for early retirement from...

Twilah Hiari — Long Bio

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Twilah Hiari explores how the siloed and overspecialized nature of Western medicine can result in misdiagnosis and improper treatment. She explores how clinician biases...

Christopher James Dubey – Long Bio

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Christopher James Dubey is the author of the novel Assignment Yggdrasil, a sci-fi technothriller with strong antipsychiatry themes, which is currently published by Andrews UK. He possesses a...

Michael Baker — Long Bio

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Michael Baker is a writer from Ontario, Canada. He believes that self-­awareness and acceptance are the keys to mental health. Michael enjoys sharing his...

Matthew Morris – Long Bio

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Matthew is the Operational Director for Stepping Stones Community Outreach, which is based in Ipswich in the UK. Stepping Stones Community Outreach is part...

Matthew Britts – Long Bio

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Matthew Britts is a survivor of child abuse and has been working with other survivors for ten years. Matt is currently completing a PhD investigating...

Serafina B. — Long Bio

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Serafina B. is a 36-year-old artist born in Nicuaragua who has won art prizes and has pieces in museum collections.  She has been diagnosed with...

Deena Hoblit — Long Bio

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After over thirty years in the mental health system and almost five institutionalized, Deena Hoblit continues to search for closure through the study of...

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...

Brenda LeFrancois – Long Bio

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Dr. LeFrançois, an ‘indisciplined’ academic and activist, has been deconstructing psychiatric violence for 20 years. She writes about children’s rights, sanism and building coalitions...

Kirk Schneider – Long Bio

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Kirk J. Schneider, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic psychology. Dr. Schneider is the past editor of the Journal...

Opeyemi Parham — Long Bio

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Opeyemi Parham practiced family medicine for just over twenty years as Dr. Camilla Parham. Eleven years "post-doctoring," she believes that those initials behind her name signify...

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...

Dorrit Cato Christensen – Op-Ed Bio

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Dorrit Cato Christensen is an author, lecturer and chairman of the Danish association Dead in Psychiatric Care. She devoted her life to helping people...

Carrie Foulkes — Long Bio

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Carrie Foulkes is an interdisciplinary poet and artist based in London, England. Her practice-based research explores themes of interconnectivity, non-linearity and chance through various...

Mariaelena Bartesaghi – Long Bio

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Mariaelena Bartesaghi teaches Communication at the University Of South Florida. Her research on psychiatry as an institutional discourse of authority has been published in various...