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Applying Person-Centered

& Growth Oriented Principles To Mental Health Recovery

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Journeys Beyond the Frontier: A Rebellious Guide to Psychosis and Other Extraordinary Experiences is Dr Mark’s comprehensive and accessible guide to psychosis filled with compassionate stories.

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Trainings & Consultations

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Dr. Mark is available for lectures, trainings, workshops, conferences, and consultations, virtually or in person, each one created individually for you.

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Videos

A variety of Dr. Mark’s lectures and speeches can be accessed on the web either at his You-tube channel or elsewhere.

Conference Presentations

(Ledovec 2024 conference keynote https://youtu.be/jNgeg9G5ETU).

NAMI and Public Interviews

(Lori Ashcraft https://youtu.be/4qKbPBD95aY?t=19)

Staff and Student Education

(Bringing a Recovery model to college mental health).

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Recent Writings

Between 2022-2023 Dr. Mark worked as a street psychiatrist outreaching homeless people on sidewalks, riverbanks, encampments, and temporary shelters throughout Los Angeles County. Since 2024, he has retired from clinical work, though he is still active in mental health advocacy, training, and mentoring. Many of his latest writings have a big picture perspective.

Retired

Musicians at Prague

Recovery conference, dinner in Trieste

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Village Recovery Writings

Dr. Mark’s Exploring Recovery: The collected Village Writings of Mark Ragins is a comprehensive set of papers I wrote from 1990-2017 that document the growth of recovery personal transformation, vision, principles and practice, and transformation tools useful for today’s recovery practitioners and advocates.

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California State University Long Beach (CSULB) College Mental Health Writings:

Dr. Mark brought his person-centered values and practice to the CSULB campus from 2017-2022, where he responded to the growing crisis in college mental health and the pandemic with a series of practical, accessible articles for students and staff.