James Davies, PhD – Short Bio
Dr. James Davies is a co-founder of Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry (CEP). He graduated from the University of Oxford in 2006 with a...
Madeline Goldstein – Short Bio
Madeline is originally from the Bronx, New York and has done extensive community work throughout her life. She is the editor of two published...
Russell Razzaque, MD – Short Bio
Dialogical Psychiatry: In his column, Dr. Russell Razzaque, a UK-based psychiatrist, discusses mindfulness and related practices that help clinicians connect with themselves in order...
Dan Hazen – Short Bio
A Call To Action: Daniel writes about human rights as a framework to mobilize and organize for liberation and self-determination. He presents strategies for...
Second Story Respite – Short Bio
Learning Through Relationships: Staffed by people who have learned from their lived experience of mood swings, fear, voices, visions, etc., Second Story is an opportunity...
Daniel Mackler – Short Bio
Dispatches From the Road: A filmmaker and former psychotherapist tells about making his three documentaries about recovery from "madness," and about meeting with peer...
Malia Fontecchio – Op-ed bio
Malia L.J. Fontecchio, MSW, is a mental health advocate, trainer, speaker, and survivor. She is the program coordinator of the peer-run agency Project Return...
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...
Doug Bloch – Short Bio
Beyond Prozac: Author, teacher, and mental health coach Douglas Bloch writes on using holistic tools and coping strategies to manage the symptoms of depression, anxiety...
Rufus May – Short Bio
Rufus May is a psychologist in Bradford, England. He believes everybody can flourish with the right support network. His work is part of an...
Patrick Landman, MD – Short Bio
Patrick Landman, MD, is a French psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, lawyer, and Chairman of STOP DSM. His interests include how institutions — such as Institutional Psychotherapy — can be...
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...
Ally Nugent – Op-Ed Bio
Injured by Psychiatry: Ally Nugent is an activist and a psychiatric survivor. She writes and speaks about benzodiazepine iatrogenesis, as well as psychiatric survivor...
Matthew Britts – Short Bio
Matt is a survivor of child abuse and has been working with other survivors for ten years. Matt is currently completing a PhDÂ investigating psychological...
Bevin Croft – Short Bio
Bevin Croft is a Research Associate at Human Services Research Institute and project director of the 2nd Story Peer Respite program evaluation. Her research focuses...
Bonnie Schell – Short Bio
On Our Own, Together: Bonnie Schell is co-editor of On Our Own, TOGETHER: Peer Programs for People with Mental Illness, and has been an active member of Psychiatric...
Niall McLaren – Short Bio
Jock McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist, author, and critic (in no particular order). He has practiced psychiatry in remote areas and stayed passably sane...
Paris Williams – Short Bio
Rethinking Madness: With the rare perspective of someone who has experienced extreme states from both sides — as a psychologist/researcher and as someone with lived...
Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA – Short Bio
Psychiatry, State Power, and Capitalism: Lauren is a psychiatric survivor and environmental psychologist. First institutionalized at 15 years old, she works to abolish state-sponsored...
Marta E. Pagán-Ortiz – Short Bio
MIA-UMB News Team: Marta E. Pagán-Ortiz is a doctoral student and research assistant in the Counseling and School Psychology PhD program at UMass Boston. Marta...
Andrew Scull – Short Bio
Madness in Civilization: Andrew Scull is Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at UC, San Diego. He is the author of many books and...
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...
Laura Delano – Short Bio
Journeying Back To Self:Â Laura Delano is an ex-mental patient who writes about her thirteen years of psychiatric indoctrination, how she woke up in 2010,...
Justin Brown – Short Bio
The Myth of Normal: Justin Brown identifies as a person in recovery who voluntarily takes psychotropic medication. He is a member of M-Power.org, an organization of mental...
Mary Ellen Copeland – Short Bio
Change Now: The founder of the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery shares her vision of a world where people are supported in using simple,...
