Mad in America

Robert worked as a newspaper reporter for a number of years, covering medicine and science. He is the author of two books about psychiatry, Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic, and co-author of a third, Psychiatry Under the Influence.

Kermit is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist trained in dialogical therapies and has extensive experience working with people in psychotic states. He served as Mad in America's editor (2012 - 2014). He also facilitates the MIA US/Canada Parent Support Group.

Louisa is a licensed family therapist, longtime meditator, and social justice activist. Having lived experience with a beloved family member, she became a Mad in America board member and facilitates its US/Canada Parent Support Group.

Olga Runciman is the only psychologist in private practice in Denmark to specialize in extreme states (psychosis). She is an international trainer and speaker, writer, campaigner, and artist. She is a co-founder of the Danish Hearing Voices Network and the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal.

Claudia Esteve advocates for healing through connection, challenging mainstream psychiatry. She supports alternative approaches via JAEC, offering Open Dialogue, training, and scholarships, while promoting compassionate, community-based care so people feel less alone in their mental health journeys.

Justin M. Karter, PhD, leads research news coverage and editorial strategy at Mad in America. He is the Acting Program Director of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology & Psychological Humanities at Boston College and part-time faculty with the Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics.

Peter comes from a background in the humanities. Before earning a graduate degree in psychology, he studied English, philosophy, and art.

Emmeline is a longtime activist, artist and psychiatric survivor whose experiences with psychiatry started as a foster child.

Steve is a mental health professional, advocate and author who has worked for over 30 years in social services.

Ayurdhi is assistant professor of psychology at Mount Mary University.

Karin Jervert is a teaching artist, writer, and Mad Pride activist. Founder of the Woodland Sunflower Collective, her work centers on offering a non-pathologizing approach to finding the gifts of diverse consciousness, visionary states, clairvoyant, and clairaudient experiences.

Richard Sears teaches psychology at West Georgia Technical College and works as a counseling psychologist in private practice, specializing in person-centered therapy.

Zoe Cunniffe is a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College interested in medical anthropology and healthcare reform. She writes a Substack newsletter, Reality Tunnels, about the ways perception, culture, and biology shape our individual realities.

Laura López-Aybar is a critical psychology psychiatric survivor, researcher, and professor with a PhD from Adelphi University. Her work is propelled by a critical, decolonial, and feminist perspective on psychology.

Abby Cartus is a statistician and epidemiologist who received her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.