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Dr. Pohl is Vice president of medical affairs and medical director of the Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC), the only private, medically managed inpatient detoxification and addiction treatment facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a key force in developing LVRC’s chronic pain rehabilitation program. A Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (FASAM), he is a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, a board certified family practitioner, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. He is a nationally known public speaker and co-author of The Caregiver’s Journey: When You Love Someone with AIDS, Staying Sane: When You Care for Someone with Chronic Illness, A Day Without Pain (with Mike Donahue) and the recently published Pain Recovery: A Comprehensive Opioid-Free Approach..

Shannon Shy is a senior civilian attorney with the Department of the Navy and a retired U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. In 1997, while on active duty with the Marines, he was diagnosed with a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder or "OCD." His OCD had become so severe he became practically non-functioning. He constantly found himself in a seemingly endless loop of intrusive and irrational thoughts, mental anguish, physical pain, and odd behaviors. Finally, after some nudging from his wife and a colleague and after one very memorable OCD episode, he called a psychiatrist. With the aid of doctors, medication, and behavioral therapy, he developed an effective behavioral strategy (what he calls “Ground Rules and Checkpoints”) to manage his OCD. He now lives a very happy and productive life and has for many years--without medication and without doctors.

Shannon Shy is a senior civilian attorney with the Department of the Navy and a retired U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. In 1997, while on active duty with the Marines, he was diagnosed with a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder or "OCD." His OCD had become so severe he became practically non-functioning. He constantly found himself in a seemingly endless loop of intrusive and irrational thoughts, mental anguish, physical pain, and odd behaviors. Finally, after some nudging from his wife and a colleague and after one very memorable OCD episode, he called a psychiatrist. With the aid of doctors, medication, and behavioral therapy, he developed an effective behavioral strategy (what he calls “Ground Rules and Checkpoints”) to manage his OCD. He now lives a very happy and productive life and has for many years--without medication and without doctors.

Marya Hornbacher is the author of the Pulitzer-Prize short-listed book Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, the acclaimed novel The Center of Winter, and the recent New York Times Bestseller Madness: A Bipolar Life. Her work has been translated into sixteen languages. An award-winning journalist, Hornbacher is also a mental health advocate, and lectures widely on both writing and mental health.

Marya Hornbacher is the author of the Pulitzer-Prize short-listed book Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, the acclaimed novel The Center of Winter, and the recent New York Times Bestseller Madness: A Bipolar Life. Her work has been translated into sixteen languages. An award-winning journalist, Hornbacher is also a mental health advocate, and lectures widely on both writing and mental health.

Andrea Bengtson, MA, MSW, Clinical Coordinator of Services, On-Campus Active Minds Advisor Boston University: The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is affiliated with Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University. The Center is a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities by improving the effectiveness of people, programs, and service systems.

Andrea Bengtson, MA, MSW, Clinical Coordinator of Services, On-Campus Active Minds Advisor Boston University: The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is affiliated with Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University. The Center is a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities by improving the effectiveness of people, programs, and service systems.

Guest host Dr. Mark Green, will be interviewing author, professor and psychiatrist Douglas Turkington, MD. Douglas is a liaison psychiatrist at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. He is also Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry in the School of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Newcastle University. A founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, he presents widely on the topic of cognitive-behavioral therapy of schizophrenia, and is actively involved in treatment development and research. Turkington is also an accomplished author and his most recent book is titled ‘Back to Life, Back to Normality’. The book discusses real life case studies and success stories to prove that sufferers of psychosis can be helped with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to influence problematic and dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure.

Guest host Dr. Mark Green, will be interviewing author, professor and psychiatrist Douglas Turkington, MD. Douglas is a liaison psychiatrist at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. He is also Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry in the School of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Newcastle University. A founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, he presents widely on the topic of cognitive-behavioral therapy of schizophrenia, and is actively involved in treatment development and research. Turkington is also an accomplished author and his most recent book is titled ‘Back to Life, Back to Normality’. The book discusses real life case studies and success stories to prove that sufferers of psychosis can be helped with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to influence problematic and dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure.

Guest host Dr. Mark Green, will be interviewing certified brain injury specialist and musician Jerry Burton. Jerry is a certified brain injury specialist who has been in the human services field for 30 years, divided almost equally between MH/MR and TBI. He currently serves as director of Development for Whitemarsh House, a personal care facility located in Flourtown, Pa. Prior to coming to Whitemarsh House, Jerry served for 10 years as administrator and residential manager at Success at Rockridge, a TBI facility located in Quakertown, Pa, where he established "Rockridge Live", the annual music event for clients, their families and friends. Think American Idol with no losers. Jerry maintains that it could be only done through the universality of music. A similar program is in the works for Whitemarsh House. Jerry is also a musician, composer, performer, and record producer. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston and at the proverbial "School of Hard Knocks'. His latest work is "SIDEWAYS", a CD by Bishop Clay, a Pittsburgh area group.

Guest host Dr. Mark Green, will be interviewing certified brain injury specialist and musician Jerry Burton. Jerry is a certified brain injury specialist who has been in the human services field for 30 years, divided almost equally between MH/MR and TBI. He currently serves as director of Development for Whitemarsh House, a personal care facility located in Flourtown, Pa. Prior to coming to Whitemarsh House, Jerry served for 10 years as administrator and residential manager at Success at Rockridge, a TBI facility located in Quakertown, Pa, where he established "Rockridge Live", the annual music event for clients, their families and friends. Think American Idol with no losers. Jerry maintains that it could be only done through the universality of music. A similar program is in the works for Whitemarsh House. Jerry is also a musician, composer, performer, and record producer. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston and at the proverbial "School of Hard Knocks'. His latest work is "SIDEWAYS", a CD by Bishop Clay, a Pittsburgh area group.

Guest host Dr. Mark Green, will be interviewing author and counselor Sarah Allen Benton. Sarah is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in a counseling center at a college in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the leader of the Alcohol Skills Training Program directed towards helping college-age problem drinkers and has made a variety of psycho-educational presentations including Mindful Drinking: Moderate Drinking for College Students and The Truth About Ecstasy (club drug). In 2003, Sarah received a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology degree from Northeastern University in Boston. She has held several counselor positions at McLean Psychiatric Hospital (affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital) in the Klarman Eating Disorders Center and the Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Institute. She is currently the vice-president of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation of Greater Boston. Sarah is also a proud member of a 12-Step Recovery Program and has been sober since February 2004.

Guest host Dr. Mark Green, will be interviewing author and counselor Sarah Allen Benton. Sarah is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in a counseling center at a college in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the leader of the Alcohol Skills Training Program directed towards helping college-age problem drinkers and has made a variety of psycho-educational presentations including Mindful Drinking: Moderate Drinking for College Students and The Truth About Ecstasy (club drug). In 2003, Sarah received a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology degree from Northeastern University in Boston. She has held several counselor positions at McLean Psychiatric Hospital (affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital) in the Klarman Eating Disorders Center and the Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Institute. She is currently the vice-president of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation of Greater Boston. Sarah is also a proud member of a 12-Step Recovery Program and has been sober since February 2004.

Dr. Potenza is currently a staff psychiatrist at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. He has lectured nationally on topics of major mental illness, personality functioning, and most recently Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He most recently had been appointed by Governor Lynch to be a participant on the statewide legislative committee for studying Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in returning Iraq war veterans. In April 2008, he was an American Medical Association Honoree at the annual Linda Saltzman Conference for work with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans.

Dr. Potenza is currently a staff psychiatrist at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. He has lectured nationally on topics of major mental illness, personality functioning, and most recently Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He most recently had been appointed by Governor Lynch to be a participant on the statewide legislative committee for studying Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in returning Iraq war veterans. In April 2008, he was an American Medical Association Honoree at the annual Linda Saltzman Conference for work with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans.