Greg Benson – Op-Ed Bio

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Greg Benson is a Human Rights Advocate for Advocacy Unlimited Inc. in Connecticut.  Greg Benson self-identifies as a survivor of the Psychiatric Industry and a human...

Ed Pigott, PhD – Short Bio

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The STAR*D Scandal: A psychologist who has spent five years “deconstructing” the NIMH’s large study of antidepressants tells of his findings, discusses his published...

Brenda Vezina – Short Bio

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Under Brenda's leadership, the Central MA Recovery Learning Community offers trainings on trauma-informed care, health and wellness, and professionalism in the peer workforce. A licensed...

Rossa Forbes – Short Bio

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“Rossa Forbes,” a pseudonym, is the mother behind the blog, Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: A Mother and Son Journey. She writes about schizophrenia from the...

Jaqueline Kalach – Op-Ed Bio

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Jaqueline Kalach is a student at the TEC de Monterrey in Mexico City.

Peter Parry, MD – Short Bio

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Dr. Peter Parry is a child & adolescent psychiatrist, clinical director of mental health services at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and...

Tracey Cannon – Op-Ed Bio

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Tracey Cannon is a ‘nearly 50’ year-old artist and social change activist who lives in an amazing home overlooking the beautiful New Zealand rainforest...

Kelvin Young – Short Bio

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Kelvin Young is the manager of Advocacy Unlimited’s intentional living space, “Toivo.” He believes that healing begins from within. After many years of suffering...

Jamin Peck – Short Bio

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Beliefs and Perceptions Change Outcomes: Having overcome the limiting beliefs and low expectations of the (well-intentioned, but) coercive “helping professionals,” Jamin seeks to map...

Lia Govers – Short Bio

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In the Netherlands, Lia graduated as a first grade teacher, but never went on to teach at school, in part because her Dutch degree...

David W. Oaks – Short Bio

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Psychiatric Survivor Activist Tells Mad Movement Stories for Mental Health Justice: After the mental health system abused David with forced psychiatric drugs and labels...

William Schultz – Short Bio

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William Schultz studies clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. His interests center on non-reductive approaches to psychiatry and psychology. His writing has...

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...

Elizabeth Stuyt – Short Bio

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Thinking Holistically: A psychiatrist and medical director of an innovative, 90-day inpatient treatment program in Colorado for people with chemical dependence and mental illness...

Richard Bentall, PhD – Short bio

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Psychiatry, Science & Values: Richard Bentall is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool. His research interests include childhood trauma, psychosis and public mental health. Books include Doctoring the Mind: Is Our...

Second Story Respite – Short Bio

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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...

China Mills – Short Bio

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Exporting Disorders: Global Markets in Madness: What happens when psychiatry  travels to low and middle income countries? Should access to sometimes harmful psychotropic drugs be...

Claudia Gold, MD – Short Bio

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The Silenced Child: As a pediatrician bringing perspectives from developmental psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience, Dr. Gold explores the ways in which listening to parents...

David Lawrence – Short Bio

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David Lawrence is a voice hearer who tries to understand as much about the human condition as possible. He has worked in the mental...

James FitzGerald – Short Bio

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James FitzGerald is a Toronto-born journalist and author. He is currently working on Dreaming Sally, a true story of first love, sudden death and synchronicity...

Cassie Cramer – Short Bio

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Cassie is a social worker (MSW, LICSW) and active member of the Boston peer/recovery advocacy community.  She works with older adults in the community,...

Maria Bradshaw – Short Bio

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DelusionNZ: Maria Bradshaw, who currently lives in County Wicklow, Ireland, writes of social models of suicide prevention, pharmacovigilance, and alternatives to psychiatric interventions for...

Matthew Ladner – Short Bio

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Matthew resigned from his full-time position at Soteria-Alaska to pursue his education in microbiology, but remains an active contributor and supporter of the community and...

Dorrit Cato Christensen – Op-Ed Bio

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Dorrit Cato Christensen is an author, lecturer and chairman of the Danish association Dead in Psychiatric Care. She devoted her life to helping people...

Mary Jackson – Op-Ed Bio

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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...