Bio — Op-Ed

Matt Stevenson is a formerly psychotic American man. After suffering through and recovering from severe psychosis, he now works a normal job and is...

Jen Constantine is a psychiatric system survivor, mental health advocate, wife, and mom. Jen grew up in the Black Hills of rural South Dakota....

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

Beatrice Birch began her career as a teacher in an inner-city Waldorf/Rudolf Steiner School in Bristol, England in 1975.  Deeply inspired by the healing...

Aimee Inomata, PhD, is a writer, researcher and reformed academic who uses her training in philosophy and literature to critically analyze the underlying rhetoric...

Stephen LaCorte is an attorney in Texas who has worked in the oil and gas industry.  He was harmed by benzodiazepines after being negligently...

David Baksh,  co-director and cinematographer for Yoghurt Utopia, has had a diverse directing career, which spans broadcast TV, commercials, event visuals and award-winning digital ad campaigns,  making...

Anna Thomson, co-director/producer of the Yoghurt Utopia documentary, is a director of documentaries and drama-docs who has worked for Discovery, Nat Geo, History Channel, BBC, Sky Arts and...

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

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...

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

Tales from the Madhouse: Gary is a freelance writer and trainer who opted to leave his Consultant Clinical Psychologist post after 33 years of employment...

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.

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...

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

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...

Amber Gum is a professor and licensed psychologist. She conducts research to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of behavioral interventions. She has written about...

Max Huber works as a researcher at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, where he is head of a research group studying self-managed programs....

Rachel Levy is a clinician and writer who lives in Portland, Oregon. She has been a member of Rethinking Psychiatry since 2010.

Dr. Kohls is a retired family physician who practiced holistic (non-drug) mental health care. His patients came to see him asking for help in...

David Lawrence is a voice hearer who tries to understand as much about the human condition as possible. He is also a writer/advocate who...

Jim Probert is a psychologist at the University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center. He talks openly about his own lived experience of emotional...

Elayne Clift writes about women, health, politics and social issues from Saxtons River, Vermont. She has written extensively on issues relating to mental health, women, politics,...

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...