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Phyllis Vine has been writing about mental illness since 1982. She edits MIWatch.org, news about mental illness, frequently talks to local groups, and appears on television. Most recently she consulted on Minds on Edge, and When Medicine Got it Wrong. She is an Associate of Gould Farm, a residential treatment program in Monterey, Mass.