About the Authors

MARGARET P. BATTIN, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics, at the University of Utah. She has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited twelve books, including The Least Worst Death (1994) and Praying for a Cure (with Peggy DesAutels and Larry May, 1999).

RICHARD P. BENTALL, Ph. D., was appointed to a chair in Experimental Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester in 1999. His books include Sensory Deception: Towards a Scientific Analysis of Hallucinations (with P.D. Slade, 1988) and Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature (2003).

H. TRISTRAM ENGELHARDT, Jr., Ph.D., M.D., is Professor, Department of Philosophy, Rice University, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. His recent publications include The Foundations of Bioethics (1996) and The Foundations of Christian Bioethics (2000).

K.W.M. (BILL) FULFORD, D. Phil., F.R.C.P., F.R.C. Psych, is Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Oxford. He is editor of the journal, Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology.

MARGARET A. HAGEN, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston University. She is the author of Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of American Justice (1997) and Varieties of Realism: Geometries of Representational Art (1986).

ROBERT EVAN KENDELL, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.S.E., was appointed Professor of Psychiatry at Edinburgh Medical School in 1974, and became Chief Medical Officer at the Scottish Office in 1991. He was President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1996 to 1999. Dr. Kendell died after writing his contribution to this volume.

E. JAMES LIEBERMAN, M.D., M.P.H., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine. He is author of Acts of Will: The Life and Work of Otto Rank (1998), and host of the website, www.ottorank.com.

STANTON PEELE, Ph.D., J.D., has published nine books, including Diseasing of America (1995) and The Truth about Addiction and Recovery (1992).

RAY SCOTT PERCIVAL, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. He is President and Founder of Karl Popper Forums. He was named by Baron's magazine as one of the Leaders of the Century.

RONALD W. PIES, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. He is author or editor of several psychiatric textbooks, including The Difficult-to-Treat Psychiatric Patient (with M. Dewan, 2001), and author of The Ethics of the Sages (1999).

JEFFREY A. SCHALER, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Justice, Law, and Society at American University's School of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. He is editor of Drugs: Should We Legalize, Decriminalize, or Deregulate? (1998) and author of Addiction Is a Choice (2000).

RITA J. SIMON, Ph.D., is University Professor, School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law, at American University, Washington, D.C. Her more than fifty books include Abortion: Statutes, Policies, and Public Attitudes the World Over (1998) and The Insanity Defense (with David E. Aaronson, 1988).

RALPH J. SLOVENKO, Ph.D., J.D., is Professor of Law and Psychiatry at Wayne State University Law School. He is author or editor of forty books, including Psychiatry in Law-Law in Psychiatry (2002) and Psychotherapy and Confidentiality (1998).

RYAN SPELLECY, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Center for the Study of Bioethics in the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has published several scholarly articles on bioethics.

THOMAS S. SZASZ, M.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Center in Syracuse. His recent books include Pharmacracy (2001) and Faith in Freedom (2004).