Lucy Johnstone – Short Bio
Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis:Ā Lucy writes about replacing psychiatric diagnosis with a formulation-based approach thatĀ explores personal meaning within relational and social contexts, and she reflects on...
Faith Rhyne – Short Bio
Drawing New Lines: Faith Rhyne is a recovery educator, an advocate, and a storyteller. She enjoys exploringĀ the role that narrative and culture play in...
Jennifer Maurer – Short Bio
Finding Our Way Home:Ā As managing director for the Mother Bear Family Mental Health Network, Jennifer helps guide the development of family-led mental health education...
Jay Joseph – Short Bio
The Gene Illusion: Jay Joseph brings a critical perspectiveĀ to claims in the media and the academic literature that disordered genes underlie psychiatric disorders. His...
Jacks McNamara – Short Bio
Making Meaning out of Madness: A psych survivor and activist, Jacks uses poetry and prose to examine the intersections between trauma, spirituality, identity and...
Matt Samet – Short Bio
The Other Side:Ā Matt Samet, a freelance writer and editor in Colorado, maintains a Facebook pageĀ and has detailed his story in a memoir, Death Grip,...
Kelly Brogan – Short Bio
Third Path Psychiatry:Ā Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM, is a Manhattan-based holistic womenās health psychiatrist, author of the new bookĀ A Mind of Your Own,Ā co-editor of the...
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...
Peter Lehmann – Short Bio
Stop The Professional Monologue:Ā Peter Lehmann, Honorary Doctor for "scientific and humanitarian contribution to the rights of the people with psychiatric experience," writes about coming...
Jacqui Dillon – Short Bio
The Hearing Voices Movement: Jacqui Dillon writes about the rapidly expanding, worldwide Hearing Voices movement which contests the traditional psychiatric relationship of dominant-expert clinician...
Lucinda Jewell – Short Bio
Mental Health NOW: the Opportunity for Wellness: What would be possible if Mental Health Conditions were viewed as gifts that require effective management and...
Second Story Respite – Short Bio
Learning Through Relationships: Staffed by people who have learned from theirĀ lived experience of mood swings, fear, voices, visions, etc., Second Story is an opportunity...
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...
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...
Short Bio – Sharna Olfman
Childhood In America:Ā Sharna Olfman, author, academic and psychologist, critiques America's failure to support children's psychological development through its public policies, parenting practices, educational and...
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 Centerās Technical Assistance Center....
Yana Jacobs – Short Bio
Transformation Through Peer Respite:Ā Yana is the Senior Program Officer with the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care. She brings 30-plus years of experience...
Melissa Bond – Short Bio
Killer Brain Candy: After 2Ā years of Ativan for pregnancy-related insomnia, and the knowledge that the drug was slowly disassembling her brain and body, Melissa...
Richard Lewis – Short Bio
Addiction, Biological Psychiatry and the Disease Model:Ā Richard D. Lewis, MEd,Ā has worked with addictions for the past 19 years in New Bedford, MA.Ā Richard discusses the...
Paul Andrews – Short Bio
Paul W. Andrews is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University in Canada. His work on the...
Vanessa Krasinski – Short Bio
Embodied Healing: Vanessa writes about the impact of trauma, and the transformative power of embodied healing practices. Her interests in alternative therapies arise from...
Doug Bloch – Short Bio
Beyond Prozac: Author, teacher, and mental health coach Douglas Bloch writes on using holistic toolsĀ and coping strategies to manage the symptoms of depression, anxiety...
Leah Harris – Short Bio
Speaking Truth to Power:Ā Leah writes about holistic, community-based approaches to support those experiencing emotional distress and extreme states; storytelling as a vehicle for personal...
Ted Chabasinski – Short Bio
Still Crazy After All These Years: Ted Chabasinski, now a patients' rights lawyer, was taken from his parents when he was six years old,...
Bob Faw – Short Bio
Positively Healing: Transforming Vicious Cycles into Vital Cycles:Ā Bob Faw writes about the Vital Cycles program, which seeks to empower those who seek joy in...
