Mark Ragins

Mark Ragins, MD is a leading psychiatrist in the recovery movement in mental health care.^[1][2] He is a founding member of the Village ISA, where his work with people with severe mental illness led him to become one of the leading voices in recovery-based treatment theory. He is the author of numerous writings on recovery-based mental health care and reforming mental health systems to provide recovery-based care.^[3] His full-length book, Road to Recovery is available for free online.^[4]

He is a frequent lecturer and consultant nationally and internationally as well as a trainer for psychiatric residents through the University of Southern California's psychiatry residency. He was the co-recipient of the American Psychiatric Association’s 1995 van Ameringen Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of psychiatric rehabilitation and was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2006 for his continuing work in recovery-based mental health care.

Mark Ragins also appears as a prominent character in the book The Soloist by Steve Lopez, which was released in a movie version in 2009.^[5]

1. ^ http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/2/42
2. ^ http://www.spiritualcompetency.com/recovery/lesson1.html
3. ^ http://www.village-isa.org/Village%20Writings/writings_hp.htm
4. ^ http://www.village-isa.org/Village%20Writings/writings_hp.htm
5. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Soloist-Dream-Unlikely-Friendship-Redemptive/dp/0399155066

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