J. Peters

Website:

http://Mentalhealthaffairs.blog

Profile:

Max Guttman Max Guttman is the owner of Recovery Now, a private mental health practice in Ardsley, New York. Max’s battle with schizophrenia began at Binghamton University in his last semester of college. Max was discharged from Greater Binghamton State Hospital Center in July of 2008, after spending six months there. His recovery was swift, but not painless, and certainly difficult. Max refers to his stance on recovery in his journal articles as “Too big to fail.” No obstacle too big, no feat out of reach, Max let nothing stop him in his path to recovery and healing. While Max’s symptoms began during his last semester, he successfully graduated from college, and his diploma was waiting for him at home after his discharge from the hospital. On one of the newest intramuscular injections (IM) available, and after learning the true meaning of adherence, Max later went on to publish articles about the use of injectable medications to overcome his own symptoms. Through paranoia, hallucinations, and other symptoms of schizophrenia, Max didn’t let anything stop him from his return to academia, and writing. In his childhood, Max was a lover of language. When schizophrenia tried to rob him of his academic ability, Max fought back. With the use of medications and therapy, he finally regained his ability to communicate and to pursue his passions and dreams for higher education. Through his work as a social worker, therapist, and disability rights advocate, Max fights for those without a voice in the system. He seeks to help those who are struggling with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses not just achieve stabilization but thrive. Max is relentless in his passion for helping people who find themselves vulnerable, and those without the ability to care for themselves. Today, Max teaches social work students at Fordham University to be leaders in their practice. Max is the author of University on Watch: Crisis in the Academy, which he published under the pen name J. Peters in 2019. Max writes on his lived experience, and also brings his story into his work. Max blogs daily on his site mentalhealthaffairs.blog and for other sites around the United States and Europe, bringing his passion for mental health to consumers everywhere.

Posts by J. Peters:

• Lost Chapter of UOW: Bombs over New England University
• The Kindness Rocks Project
• Who exactly is J. Peters?
• In Solidarity with J Peters
• University on Watch: Crisis in the Academy
• Behind the Mind with Kevin Meiselman
• The future of J. Peters and the next book
• This is the Ending I Always Wanted to Write for University on Watch
• A Nation Divided Learns to Heal
• The J Peters Reality Tour🤷‍♂️
• The Revisionist✍️: Rise of the Prosumer (Chapters 1&2)
• A Fond Farewell to Mary✌️
• Decriminalizing Mental Illness👿
• The Revisionist: rise of the prosumer, axioms, and future directions in Mental Health Affairs
• Interview with J. Peters: Small Fingernails Even Less Love
• Mentally Ill in the Catskills of New York😇
• The Prosumer Technocrat🔢🔀
• University on Watch: Crisis in the Academy, The Second Editon
• Lost UOW chapter: $50 dollar bills for Recovery
• Lost Chapter of University on Watch: The History of Rhetorical Theory
• Lost Chapter of University on Watch “The Dying Man”
• New “Lost Chapter” Chapter of University on Watch: Register Co-sign Arrest
• What keeps me pushing forward?
• Seeking the help of a Tertiary Care Hospital
• My Ferret Clausewitz and my last pet in Binghamton