Jonathan Raskin – Short Bio
Deconstructing, Reconstructing Abnormality: Dr. Raskin is professor of psychology and counseling at SUNY New Paltz, focusing on social constructions of abnormality in psychology and...
Jill Littrell – Short Bio
Life Style Can Change the Brain: A clinical psychologist, Jill Littrell writes about research studies of psychiatric medications, and interventions to bolster natural resilience through...
Emma Bragdon, PhD – Op-Ed Bio
Dr. Bragdon is Founder/Director of Integrative Mental Health for You. She was licensed as a psychotherapist in 1988 but has mainly been teaching experiential courses...
Keris Myrick – Short Bio
Pushing the Mad Envelope: As CEO of a peer-run organization, mental health consumer, advocate and visionary change agent, Keris writes about pressing issues facing...
J. Doe â Op-Ed bio
The author has a BS in Biology/Health Science and went on to complete a professional post-graduate master's program and certification. While starting their career,...
Nadia Mahjoub – Short Bio
Mad in Belgium: Nadia is convinced there are better ways to help people in crisis than what is provided generally in psychiatric care in...
Gina Nikkel – Short Bio
Expect Recovery: The executive director of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care tells of how the foundation is partnering with private philanthropy to...
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Get Off Prescription Drugs: Psychotherapist Elliot Goldberg writes about his experiences running an outpatient rehab program that helps people get off prescription drugs, and...
Stephen Weatherhead – Short Bio
Neuro-Boom or Bust? Neuropsychology has seen a great rise to prominence over the last 20 years, largely due to the increase in neuroimaging and...
Paul Baker – Short Bio
Paul is a founding member of the Hearing Voices Network and INTERVOICE. He has developed community mental health projects, self-advocacy services, supported housing, social...
Robert Whitaker – Short Bio
In the News:Â A journalistâs review of reports in medical journals and the media on psychiatric disorders and treatments.
Jen Padron – Short Bio
On Visioning A Peer Workforce:Â Jen Padron, a leader in peer support initiatives, focuses on the groundswell supporting the growing prominence of peer providers who...
Helene Sandstrom – Short Bio
Helene Sandstrom is a freelance translator, science journalist and former co-editor of The Swedish Journal of Nutritional Therapy and Functional Medicine, specializing in health,...
David Webb – Short Bio
Thinking About Suicide: David Webb argues that suicide prevention needs a broad community conversation that challenges the status quo thinking about suicide. At the...
Jack Carney – Short Bio
Up the River: A social worker, Jack Carney writes on the contradictions and hypocrisies of the public mental health system, and promotes and applauds acts...
Oryx Cohen – Short Bio
Healing Voices: Oryx is a leader in the international consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement. Currently, he is the Director of the National Empowerment Centerâs Technical Assistance Center....
Barry Duncan – Short Bio
Consumer Voice and Choice: Barry is author of 15 books including What's Right With You, highlighting the power of consumer partnership and the evidence for first-line...
MindFreedom – Short Bio
MindFreedom International leads a nonviolent revolution of freedom, equality, truth and human rights that unites people affected by the mental health system with movements...
Deron Drumm – Short Bio
Deron Drumm is the Executive Director of Advocacy Unlimited, the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Rights Protection...
Mary Jackson – Op-Ed Bio
Mary Strong Jackson lives in Santa Fe, NM. She is a poet who supervises a psycho-social rehabilitation facility for adults with mental illness and/or...
Alice Keys – Short Bio
Necessary Phoenix: Can one physician help heal the practice of medicine? After two and a half decades of work as a psychiatrist in private practice,...
