Gretchen LeFever Watson – Short Bio
Live and Learn: Dr. Watson is a clinical psychologist, President of Safety and Learning Solutions, and adjunct faculty member at Old Dominion University. Contact her...
Ron Unger – Short Bio
Dialogues with Madness: A therapist and educator specializing in cognitive therapy for psychosis, Ron Unger explores emerging understandings of psychosis and of efforts to change...
Rachel Cooper, PhD – Short Bio
Rachel Cooper is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University, U.K. Her publications include Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Karnac, 2014), Psychiatry and...
Peter Gajdics – Short Bio
Peter Gajdics has been published internationally, including in The Advocate, The Q Review, New York Tyrant, The Gay and Lesbian Review/Worldwide, Gay Times, The Printed Blog, and Opium, where he won their...
Scott Shannon, MD – Short Bio
Wholeness: Scott has been a holistic doctor and psychiatrist for over thirty years. He has taught physicians and psychiatrists all over the world about...
Val Marsh – Op-ed Bio
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...
Gary Sidley – Short Bio
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...
David Traxson – Short Bio
David's posts focus on the Child Safeguarding issue of the over-prescription of a wide range of psychotropic drugs to children following dubious diagnoses of...
Jon Jureidini – Short Bio
Healthy Skepticism: Jon Jureidini, a child psychiatrist in Australia, writes on the quality use of medicines, misleading drug promotion, suicide, medical education and child abuse.
Laura Delano – Short Bio
Journeying Back To Self: Laura Delano is an ex-mental patient who writes about her thirteen years of psychiatric indoctrination, how she woke up in 2010,...
Serafina B. — Short Bio
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...
Michael Gilbert, PsyD – Short Bio
School Matters: An inside perspective on the public education system and how it contributes to the unnecessary labeling and medication of children. Dr. Gilbert also...
Hugh Middleton – Short Bio
Medical Essentials from England: A Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and a medical practitioner of...
Jennifer Maurer – Short Bio
Finding Our Way Home: As managing director for the Mother Bear Family Mental Health Network, Jennifer helps guide the development of family-led mental health education...
Idakatherine Graver – Short Bio
Idakatherine was raised in southeast Texas by her classically-trained artist parents. Art was the family religion. She moved west to Santa Fe for college,...
Eric Maisel, PhD – Short Bio
The Meaning Revolution: Dr. Maisel writes on the effects of meaning and life purpose on emotional health. He argues that current mental health practices pay...
Mo Yee Lee – Short Bio
Utilizing strength and empowerment: Promoting dialogue and knowledge that for a strengths-based, systemic approach to diverse mental health conditions, this blog's focus is on...
Daisy Anderson – Short Bio
In The Daisy Project, Daisy’s upcoming book, she shares her insider knowledge as a former mental health nurse and as a former psychiatric patient....
Wayne Munchel – Short Bio
Trauma-informed Care Meets Pharma-informed Care: Social worker Wayne Munchel will focus on the intersection between trauma informed care/recovery models and biological psychiatry. Early intervention...
Lisbeth Riis Cooper – Short Bio
Bringing Hope Home: Mother Bears Lisbeth Riis Cooper and Jennifer Maurer share how the Mother Bear Community Action Network is uniting families to create mental health...
Susan Musante, LPCC – Short Bio
Susan Musante, LPCC was the founding director of Soteria-Alaska and CHOICES, alternatives to conventional community mental health services directed and provided primarily by people...
Allen Frances, MD – Short Bio
Allen Frances was the chairperson of the DSM-IV Task Force, a former chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University...
Steve Stone – Long/Short Bio
Steve Stone is the Executive Director of the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Ashland County. He has worked in the community mental health field...
Duncan Double, MD – Short Bio
Duncan Double is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and University of East Anglia. He is...
Anne Cooke – Short Bio
Anne Cooke is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She is Principal Lecturer and Clinical Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology, Salomons Centre for...
