Mental Health Activists
36 entries in the Mental Health Activists compendium.
SanismDiscrimination based on mental disorder or cognitive impairment.Hester Adrian, Baroness AdrianBritish mental health worker and penal reform advocate.Bernadette ArmigerNursing dean, mental health advocate, and AACN president.Clifford W. BeersFounder of the American mental hygiene movement and mental health reformer.Poorna BellEnglish journalist and author advocating mental health through writing.Daisy BerbecoVermont legislator and mental health policy advocate.Brazilian anti-asylum movementA movement for humanitarian psychiatric reform in Brazil.William BronstonPhysician who led deinstitutionalization of Willowbrook State School.William A. F. BrowneAsylum reformer who championed moral treatment and patient self-expression.Jared BuchananMarine veteran and ultra-marathoner advocating for mental health and suicide prevention.John Charles BucknillEnglish psychiatrist and advocate for non-restraint in asylums.Meaghan BuissonCanadian speed-skating world record holder turned mental health advocate.Buka ChimeyUgandan musician fusing hip hop with indigenous rhythms and mental health advocacy.Diana CapponiCanadian mental health activist and psychiatric survivor.Rosalynn CarterAdvocate for mental health and women's rights.Gavin CasalegnoActor and mental health advocate.Catherine, Princess of WalesBritish royal and mental health campaigner.CatieosaurusADHD advocate, sex educator, and TikTok creator.Carly ChaikinActress known for roles in Suburgatory and Mr. Robot.Sabrina ChapEditor, performer, and advocate exploring creativity and self-destruction.Jihane Almira ChedidIndonesian pageant winner and mental health advocate.Vincenzo ChiarugiItalian physician who pioneered humanitarian psychiatric reforms in Florence.Emilie CocquerelAustralian actress and mental health advocate with a psychology background.Mary Jo CodeyMental health and postpartum depression advocate and former First Lady of New Jersey.George CombeScottish lawyer and leading phrenological advocate.Elizabeth ConnellyAdvocate for mental health and disability policy in New York.John ConollyEnglish psychiatrist who championed non-restraint in asylum care.Ana Marie CoxLiberal author and founding editor of the political blog Wonkette.James Crichton-BrowneScottish psychiatrist, neurologist, and eugenicist who collaborated with Darwin.Elizabeth CrichtonPhilanthropist who founded the Crichton Royal Hospital in Dumfries.Alison DarcyResearch psychologist and founder of Woebot Health.Ruth DavidsonScottish Conservative leader and life peer.Frank DeAngelisPrincipal of Columbine High School during the 1999 massacre.Patricia DeeganPsychologist and advocate for mental health recovery and shared decision making.Josie Del CastilloFigurative painter exploring identity, body positivity, and mental health.Natasha DevonCampaigner for mental health, body image and social equality.
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