Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy – Short Bio
The Campaign for REAL Change in Mental Health Policy was initiated in opposition to The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646), introduced by...
Danielle Egan – Short Bio
Danielle Egan is a Vancouver based freelance journalist. Her articles about psychiatric neurosurgeries and bio-medical technologies have been published in many titles, including New Scientist, Vancouver...
Kit Riley – Short Bio
Kit Riley is an Australian artist and writer. Kit creates pervasive life/art projects about madness, work and language in an attempt to reimagine communicative...
Redmond O’Hanlon – Short Bio
Redmond O'Hanlon is tidying up the final draft of a book which attempts to bring some insights from the worlds of psychology, philosophy and the arts into...
Timothy N. – Short Bio
Timothy N. is a Team Counselor with Windhorse Integrative Mental Health, and he co-facilitates an Unusual Beliefs group and a Hearing Voices group. He recently...
Emily Wheeler – Short Bio
Emily Wheeler, MS, is a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She researches the ethics of mental health care...
Steve McCrea – Short Bio
Steve McCrea, MS, is a mental health professional, advocate and author who has worked for over 30 years in social services, including over 10 years...
Steven Francesco – Short Bio
Off-Label: Steven Francesco is a highly respected and active thought-leader in his industry. He has testified five times publicly before the U.S. Food and...
Majority of Youth Prescribed Antipsychotics Have No Psychiatric Diagnosis
The majority of children, adolescents and young adults prescribed antipsychotic medications have not been diagnosed with a mental disorder, according to a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson – Short Bio
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson has been the Parish Minister of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver in British Columbia since 2002. Prior to entering professional...
William Schultz – Short Bio
William Schultz studies clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. His interests center on non-reductive approaches to psychiatry and psychology. His writing has...
Lois Holzman, PhD – Short Bio
How To Get Psychology Out Of Our Lives: Lois takes a practical-critical approach to exposing how the biases of psychology permeate our everyday livesâby...
One Familyâs Encounter with Modern Psychiatry and a Call for Social Change
Asking the psychiatrist to discontinue medication was one of our bravest moments. It went against everything doctors had told us over the past twelve monthsâagainst Rebeckaâs regular psychiatristâs vehement opposition (âYou can come back when it doesnât work.â). It went against what we heard repeatedly in the media and in pop culture. It went against what we saw in the advertisements during the evening news. And it was the turning point in Rebeckaâs journey toward optimal mental health.
Victor Morasse – Short Bio
Victor Morasse is a psychologist in Québec, Canada. So, yes, he speaks French! He just started a private practice and is trying to slowly...
Jeanene Harlick – Short Bio
A Disordered World: Jeanene Harlick grapples with a variety of issues which she prefers not to reduce to labels. Jeanene is navigating her way back...
Matthew Morris – Op-Ed Bio
Matthew is the Operational Director for Stepping Stones Community Outreach, which is based in Ipswich in the UK. Stepping Stones Community Outreach is part...
Sean Blackwell – Op-Ed Bio
Since 2007, Sean Blackwell has been researching and teaching about the spiritual dimension and healing potential of bipolar disorder, through his YouTube channel, bipolarORwakingUP....
George Atwood, PhD – Short Bio
Men on Hooks: George Atwood, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Rutgers (retired), where he taught for 41 years. George has devoted his...
Karen Taylor – Short Bio
Recovery for All: Karen Taylor, RMN has 16 years experience in the NHS in England. Based in Scotland, Karen is Co-director of Working to Recovery, Ltd alongside Ron...
Norman Hoffman, MD – Short Bio
Dr. Norman Hoffman has worked extensively on psychiatry/psychotherapy liaison issues. His major areas of interest have been the treatment of Personality Disorders, and the...
Edward Opton, JD, PhD – Short Bio
Psych Drug Action Campaign: Edward Opton writes of his work with colleagues at the National Center for Youth Law's PsychDrugs Action Campaign to reduce harmful uses of psychotropic medications,...
Claudia Gold, MD – Short Bio
The Silenced Child: As a pediatrician bringing perspectives from developmental psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience, Dr. Gold explores the ways in which listening to parents...
3 Facts All Parents Should Know About ADHD Stimulant Drugs
Medicating children for a host of mental disorders has become very popular in some parts of the USA. More than 8 million kids from 6 months to 17 years of age are on pharmaceutical drugs in this wonderful country. We lead the world in drugging youth for behavioral, cognitive and attention issues. We are once again #1. But I would like to share with parents as well as adults working with children a few not so readily available facts related to medicating kids for behavior issues.
Margaret Altman – Short Bio
Voiceless in America: Margaret Altman is a crisis intervention specialist and has intervened in many explosive situations within jails, emergency rooms, suicide prevention centers and...
Joseph Tarantolo, MD – Short Bio
Primum Non Nocere: Joseph Tarantolo, MD is a so-called Board Certified psychiatrist. He is a therapist and helps patients wean them selves off of...
