- Thomas Szasz
Dr. Thomas Stephen Szasz (pronounced /sas/; born April 15, 1920 in Budapest, Hungary) is a psychiatrist and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. He is a prominent figure in the antipsychiatry movement, a well-known social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, and of the social control aims of medicine in modern society, as well as of scientism. - Peter Breggin
Peter R. Breggin is a controversial psychiatrist from the United States. He is best known as a critic of biological psychiatry and psychiatric medication, and as the author of books such as "Toxic Psychiatry", "Talking Back to Prozac", "Talking Back to Ritalin", and "Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry." - Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault (October 15, 1926 - June 25, 1984) was a French philosopher and historian. He held a chair at the Collège de France, giving it the title "History of Systems of Thought," and taught at the University of California, Berkeley. Michel Foucault is best known for his critical studies of various social institutions, most notably psychiatry, medicine, the human sciences, and the prison system, as well as his work on the history of sexuality. - David Cooper
South African psychiatrist Dr. David G. Cooper was a noted theorist and leader in the anti-psychiatry movement, along with R. D. Laing, Thomas Szasz and Michel Foucault. Cooper graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1955. He moved to London, where he worked at several hospitals and directed an experimental unit for young schizophrenics called "Villa 21". In 1965, he was involved with Laing and others in establishing the Philadelphia Association. - Ronald David Laing
Ronald David Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness and particularly the experience of psychosis. He is noted for his views, influenced by existential philosophy, on the causes and treatment of mental illness, … - Fred Baughman
Fred Baughman was born in 1932. He is best known for his highly controversial social criticism of ADHD and Psychiatry in general. He has testified before congress, and been specifically interviewed by PBS on the topic of ADHD. He has made several appearances on talk shows, and has written several books. He is also the medical advisor for the CCHR and has an extensive webpage called adhdfraud. - Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman, was a sociologist and writer. The 73rd president of American Sociological Association, Goffman's greatest contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction in the form of dramaturgical perspective that began with his 1959 book "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" and was developed throughout his life. - Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze, (January 18, 1925 - November 4, 1995) was a French philosopher of the late 20th century. From the early 1960s until his death, Deleuze wrote many influential works on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. His most popular books were the two volumes of "Capitalism and Schizophrenia": "Anti-Oedipus" (1972) and "A Thousand Plateaus" (1980), both co-written with Félix Guattari. - Sally Satel
Sally Satel, MD, is a Washington, D.C. based psychiatrist, a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, the W.H. Brady Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and author. Books written by Satel include "P.C. M.D.: How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine" (2001) and "Drug Treatment: The Case for Coercion" (1999). Her articles have been published in "The New Republic", the "Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times", … - Félix Guattari
Pierre-Félix Guattari was a French militant, institutional psychotherapist and philosopher, a founder of both schizoanalysis and ecosophy. Guattari is best known for his intellectual collaborations with Gilles Deleuze, most notably "Anti-Oedipus" (1972) and "A Thousand Plateaus" (1980). - Aaron Esterson
Aaron Esterson was a British psychiatrist, practising in Glasgow. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Association along with R. D. Laing - Bruce Levine
Bruce E. Levine, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been in practise for nearly two decades. Levine is author of "Commonsense Rebellion: Taking Back Your Life from Drugs, Shrinks, Corporations and a World Gone Crazy" (New York-London: Continuum, 2003), a protest book. - Alice Miller
Alice Miller (born January 12, 1923) is a psychologist noted for her work on child abuse and its effects upon society as well as the lives of individuals. She was born in Poland and in 1946 migrated to Switzerland. She gained her doctorate in philosophy, psychology and sociology in 1953 in Basel. In 1986, Alice Miller was awarded the Janusz Korczak Literary Award by the Anti-Defamation League. She has two adult children. - Gary Null
Gary Michael Null (born 1945) is a talk radio host and author on alternative and complementary medicine, and nutrition in the United States. He is also a social critic of psychiatry and conventional medicine. He is the owner of the supplement and media company Gary Null & Associates Inc. He was raised in West Virginia with his brother, Steve. He has one daughter, Shelly Null. - Patch Adams
Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams (born May 28 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia) founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1972. In 1998 his life was portrayed as a movie. Patch Adams is a social activist, citizen diplomat, professional clown, performer, and author. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to Russia as clowns, to bring hope and joy to orphans, patients, and the people. - David Smail
David Smail is a psychotherapist and writer. Born in (Putney, London, in 1938), He was head of clinical psychology services in Nottingham (UK) until his retirement in 1998, and held the honorary post of Special Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Nottingham, from 1979 to 2000. He has written several books on the subject of psychotherapy, in which he emphasises the extent to which society is often responsible for personal distress. - Emmy van Deurzen
Emmy van Deurzen is an existential therapists in the United Kingdom. She initially came to the UK to work with the anti-psychiatrists, but soon created her own school. She founded the Society for Existential Analysis and the International Society for Existential Psychotherapists and Counsellors and created the two most important training institutes for the approach: at Regent's College, London and Schiller International University, London. - Otto Gross
Dr Otto Gross (1877-1920) was an Austrian psychoanalyst. A maverick early disciple of Freud, he later became an anarchist and joined the utopian Ascona community. His father Hans Gross was a judge turned pioneering criminologist. Otto initially collaborated with him, and then turned against his determinist ideas on character. A champion of an early form of anti-psychiatry and sexual liberation, … - Stephen Ticktin
Stephen Jan Ticktin (born 1941) is a Canadian psychiatrist, therapist and lecturer and a prominent figure in the anti-psychiatry movement. After earning his medical degree in Toronto, Ticktin became personal assistant to anti-psychiatry movement leader David Cooper travelling with him around the world on his lecture tours. He also studied at the Philadelphia Association and apprenticed with R.D. Laing. - Kevin F. McCready
Kevin F. McCready (January 30, 1957-December 5, 2004) was a clinical psychologist in Fresno, California. He was the founder and director of the San Joaquin Psychotherapy Center and the non-profit Recovery for Emotionally Abused Children (R.E.A.Ch.). Born on January 30, 1957, McCready was from Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated with a Bachelors degree from George Washington University, a Masters from State University of New York, … - Joe Zychik
Joe Zychik is an important figure in philosophical and practical anti-psychiatry. He believes that addictions are not driven by mental illness, but by poor personal choices. Zychik is a specialist in the treatment of sexual addiction using non-traditional methods based in free choice and human will. * Homepage of "Choice-Over-Addiction": http://www.sexualcontrol.com/ - Harvey Jackins
Carl Harvey Jackins (born June 28 1916 – died 12 July 1999) was the founder and principal theorist of Re-evaluation Counseling (or RC), the main movement for co-counselling. Originally a trade unionist and radical-left labor organizer, after a few years of association with the theory of Dianetics invented by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950s, Jackins conducted his own experiments with the Dianetic concepts of "auditing", … - Sid Briskin
Sid Briskin was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Association along with R. D. Laing - Chester Brown
Chester Brown (born May 16, 1960) is a Canadian independent cartoonist. His underground work was initially self-published, then released by the independent publishing company Vortex. Most of his output is now published by Drawn and Quarterly. - Tim Jackins
Tim (Timothy) Jackins (born c. 1940) is the International Reference Person (leader) of Re-evaluation Counseling (RC), known within that organisation as the "International Re-evaluation Counseling Communities". Formerly a math teacher and union negotiator at the Mission College, Santa Clara, California, he succeeded his father Harvey Jackins in the role, following the former leader's death in 1999. - Bernd Dost
Bernd Dost is a German journalist, filmmaker, writer and publisher. He produces documentaries for ARD, Germany’s leading Public TV Station, and wrote articles for Stern magazine and the Münchner Merkur and Münchner Abendzeitung, two daily newspapers. His documentary works are socio-critical and deal with major topics such as environmental protection, human rights and psychology. As a documentary film maker, Bernd Dost has worked with various people like Jane Goodall, … - Víctor Sánchez
Víctor (fullname Víctor Sánchez del Amo is a Spanish football midfielder. His excellent crossing ability is foremost among the qualities which brought Víctor Sánchez international recognition with Spain and especially with Real Madrid, which won with Victor the UEFA Champions League 1997-98 cup after 36 years. Being a product of the famous Real Madrid CF youth system, … - Sally L. Satel
Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in the W. H. Brady Program in Culture and Freedom. She is also the staff psychiatrist at the Oasis Clinic in Washington, D.C. Dr. Satel earned a B.S. from Cornell University, an M.S. from the University of Chicago, and an M.D. from Brown University. After completing her residency in psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Satel was an assistant professor of psychiatry from 1988 to 1993. - Peter Bourne
Dr. Peter Bourne is a physician, anthropologist, biographer, author and international civil servant with experience in several senior government positions. He is currently chairman of the board of the American Association for World Health, and Professor and Vice Chancellor Emeritus at St. George's University Medical School, Grenada. Bourne was born in 1939 in Oxford, England, where he received his early education at the Dragon School. - Steven Rose
Steven P. Rose (born July 4 1938 in London, United Kingdom) is a Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and University of London. Rose studied biochemistry at King's College, University of Cambridge and neurobiology at Cambridge and the Institute of Psychiatry. His research focuses on the biological processes involved in memory formation and treatments for Alzheimer's Disease. - Ashley
Me...Born in Atlanta, and raised here pretty much. - Karen L. Singleton
Dr. Karen Singleton joined Health Services at Columbia in 2003. Prior to coming to HSC, Karen completed her internship in clinical psychology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Karen returns to Columbia after having been the Coordinator of the Barnard-Columbia Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center. - Kizzy
My name is Lisa, Kizzy, whatever. I'm from LDN but by some series of unfortunate events, I now live in the armpit of the universe. I'm a Social Work student, doing some Youth Work in my summer hols at the moment; ILI! I'm a bit discombobulated, but am really nice and friendly not into sadomasochism at all... - Mandy
- Lena Glover
I'm creative, expressive, passionate, empathetic, impulsive, liberal, anxious, kind of crazy, and silly, and simple, and weird. Kind of. Anyway, you just have to know me I guess. - Roberto Torres-Torres
I am a human male. - Roger Pippin
Sometimes you gotta be a hard guerilla ontologist, ya heard me? I'm a fast talking sophist, a graduate student, a teacher of easy courses for freshmen, a ninja, cooker of cajun food, a DJ, a dancer, reader of complex books, writer of obtuse papers. I will crash you party, but will bring booze and help you clean. I will call you on your weak shit to your face, but I will make you dinner and help you move. - Voltairine Bananas
So it is hard glass winter again, all brown and blue everywhere. Travelled everywhere lately and ready for some warm socks. Anyone have a fireplace? Just finished Herzog. It was good. Went to my first haunted house and I cried. It was so scary. Burrow. - Kathleen
- Cayenne Pepper
i have a really strong urge to comprehend just about everything in the world. this makes it hard for me to focus on just one thing or (oftentimes) really get anything done. i would like to spend my life learning. i am an incorrigible procrastinator, a near-compulsive reader, passionate, and bad at managing time. and i like food. a lot.
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