David Cohen – Short Bio
Beyond Health and Illness: David Cohen, a researcher, author, professor of social welfare at UCLA and practicing clinical social worker for over 30 years,...
SteindĂłr J. Erlingsson – Short Bio
A New Beginning: SteindĂłr J. Erlingsson, a psychiatric survivor and an independent scholar, writes about his life and recovery, the consumer movement and mental...
Jonathan Leo/Jeffrey Lacasse – Short Bio
Rethinking the Broken Brain: Two researchers, writing jointly, take a critical look at the evidence for the biological basis of mental disorders.
Michael Baker â Short Bio
Michael Baker is a writer from Ontario, Canada. He believes that self-Âawareness and acceptance are the keys to mental health. Michael enjoys sharing his...
Marilyn Wedge – Short Bio
Thinking Outside the Kid: Marilyn Wedge is a family therapist, creator of Strategic Child-Focused Family Therapy, and author of Pills Are Not For Preschoolers: A...
Corrine A. Taylor – Short Bio
Corrine A. Taylor shares her story at www.theProject321.com for awareness, empowerment and change toward living a well life after experiencing trauma. Having used psychiatric services unsuccessfully for...
Kirk Schneider – Op-Ed Bio
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...
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...
Craig B. Wiener, PhD – Short Bio
ADHD: A Return to Psychology:Â Amid concern that we are proposing the existence of a medical problem with which no biological markers reliably correspond, Craig...
Tim Carey, PhD – Short Bio
It's All About Control: The articles in this blog focus on the implications of the phenomenon of control for both practice and research. The...
John Hoggett – Long Bio
John Hoggett is a community activist and performance poet with a wide range of interests. He is a founder of Speak Out Against Psychiatry...
Barry Haslam – Short Bio
Benzodiazapine Drugs: My Story of Survival: Barry Haslam, former chairman of Oldham Tranx, writes about his campaign in the UK and Europe over the...
Akansha Vaswani – Short Bio
MIA-UMB News Team: Akansha Vaswani is a therapist and a researcher with a particular interest in the lived experiences of peopleâs lives. Her studies...
Gary Kohls – Op-Ed Bio
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...
Peter Beresford, OBE – Short Bio
Speaking As A Survivor Researcher:Â Peter Beresford is Professor of Social Policy at Brunel University, London and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives.
Renee M. – Short bio
Renee M. is a 22-year-old UNCG graduate in Special Education. Falsely diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 19, Renee examines what happened to cause...
Jen Constantine – Op-Ed Bio
Jen Constantine is a psychiatric system survivor, mental health advocate, wife, and mom. Jen grew up in the Black Hills of rural South Dakota....
Robert Nikkel – Short Bio
Policy for Recovery: As a former state mental health and addictions commissioner, Bob Nikkel writes about policy and practice changes that are needed to promote recovery...
Michael Cornwall – Short Bio
An Alternative Understanding of The Nature of Madness: Dr. Cornwall wants this blog to help deepen our understanding of the mystery of madness and help us...
Art Levine – Short Bio
Art Levine is a contributing editor of The Washington Monthly, a recent Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow and a former Fellow with the Progressive Policy Institute....
Mark Radcliffe â Op-ed Bio
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...
Elayne Clift – Op-ed bio
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,...
PJ Moynihan – Short Bio
Crossing Over: EMMY-nominee PJ Moynihan has spent years immersed in the world of alternatives to the psychiatric paradigm. He writes of his work as...
Giuseppe Tibaldi, MD – Short Bio
Evidence-Based Hope:Â An Italian psychiatrist, Giuseppe Tibaldi writes about âpersonalâ accounts of recovery, gathered over the last decade. He is launching an international initiative for...
Tracey Libby – Short Bio
Tracey Libby specializes in the management of pain, chronic illness and mindbody health. Tracey also sees clients struggling with other life issues and transitions...