Dion Zessin is a freelance psychiatric researcher and writer from Omaha, Nebraska. He has learned from years of experience as a psychiatric consumer, and an avid book worm that is determined to learn all he can about the subjects he researches. He specializes in researching alternative and complementary medicine for serious mental illness in adults. Since 2012, he has been a volunteer researcher for the non-profit organization Safe Harbor: http://www.alternativementalhealth.com providing new information for their database. In the past he also has extensively researched somatopsychic disorders, and how psychiatric medications cause mental, physical and social harm. He supports the freedom of choice in mental health care and the consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement.
