Monday, March 27, 2023

Nadia Mahjoub – Short Bio

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Mad in Belgium: Nadia is convinced there are better ways to help people in crisis than what is provided generally in psychiatric care in...

Johanna Ryan – Op-Ed Bio

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Johanna Ryan is a workers’ comp paralegal and a union and healthcare activist in Chicago. She may or may not have a biological brain disease,...

Tom Stockmann, MD – Short Bio

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Reflections of a UK Psychiatry Trainee: Tom is a psychiatrist in London. He writes about his reflections as he journeys through UK higher psychiatry training, from exploring the causes of his disillusionment with the current mental...

Hugh Middleton – Short Bio

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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...

Will Hall – Short Bio

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Living With Mental Diversity: New visions of what it means to be human from a counselor trained in Open Dialogue at the Institute for Dialogic...

Aimee Inomata – Op-Ed Bio

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Aimee Inomata, PhD, is a writer, researcher and reformed academic who uses her training in philosophy and literature to critically analyze the underlying rhetoric...

Stephen LaCorte – Op-Ed Bio

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Stephen LaCorte is an attorney in Texas who has worked in the oil and gas industry.  He was harmed by benzodiazepines after being negligently...

Sarah Knutson

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Sarah Knutson is an ex-lawyer, ex-therapist, survivor-activist.  She is an organizer at the Wellness & Recovery Human Rights Campaign. You can reach her at...

Jay Watts – Short Bio

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Reclaiming the Unconscious: Jay writes about how conventional psychiatry treatment can work against and damage the psyche’s attempts to recover from trauma. She focuses on...

Scott Spicer, MPH, CPSS – Short Bio

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Advocacy to Action: Scott is Founder and Senior Partner of Spicer's Consulting, dedicated to improving health, one step at a time. He has worked in Supported...

Russell Razzaque, MD – Short Bio

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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...

Mark Ragins, MD – Short Bio

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A Road to Recovery: Mark is the Medical Director at the MHA Village Integrated Service Agency, a model of recovery based mental health care....

Polly Trope – Op-Ed Bio

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Once a star-student of literature, unexpected twists of fate dragged Polly Trope (not her real name) through hell and back. She came out a...

Sheila Matthews – Short Bio

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Sheila Matthews is co-founder of AbleChild. She was the first mother to testify on behalf of the first state Law prohibiting school personnel from...

Brian Koehler – Short bio

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Brian Koehler’s long-term research interests include the effects of profound stress and social isolation/social defeat on the brain, neuropsychoanalysis, individual psychotherapy, as well as...

Rufus May – Short Bio

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Rufus May is a psychologist in Bradford, England. He believes everybody can flourish with the right support network. His work is part of an...

Tamasin Knight – Short Bio

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Power and Alternatives: Tamasin is a public health doctor in England. She writes about power issues in the mental health system and alternatives to...

Anne Cooke – Short Bio

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Anne Cooke is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She is Principal Lecturer and Clinical Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology, Salomons Centre for...

Steve McCrea – Short Bio

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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...

Renee M. – Short bio

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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...

Afiya House – Short Bio

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Afiya is a part of the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community. They opened on August 4th, 2012 as the first peer respite in Massachusetts....

Bridget Mildon – Short Bio

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Bridget Mildon is President and Founder of FND Hope, spending most of her time helping patients and doctors understand Functional Neurological Disorder. She has submitted commentary...

Bob Faw – Short Bio

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Positively Healing: Transforming Vicious Cycles into Vital Cycles: Bob Faw writes about the Vital Cycles program, which seeks to empower those who seek joy in...

Yana Jacobs – Short Bio

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Transformation Through Peer Respite: Yana is the Senior Program Officer with the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care. She brings 30-plus years of experience...

Op-Ed Bio

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Catherine Clarke is a former nurse (SRN), midwife (SCM) and chiropodist (MSSCH MBChA.) Following her son’s violent propulsion into the mental health system, she...