Danny Wedding

Danny Wedding was trained as a clinical psychologist at the University of Hawaii and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He later completed two years working for the U.S. Congress, first in the Senate and later in the House of Representatives. Danny joined the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine in 1991 as Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), a university research and policy center serving the mental health community in Missouri, and he served in this role for 19 years before taking early retirement. Danny moved to San Francisco and for 4 years he was the Associate Dean for International Programs at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, responsible for training programs in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mexico City. He currently is Chair of Behavioral Sciences at the American University of Antigua, a Caribbean medical school.

Danny's research interests include psychotherapy, international health, mental health policy, and the portrayal of mental illness and addictions in films. With the assistance of colleagues, he has written or edited ten books including CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES, CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, BEHAVIOR AND MEDICINE, THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY HANDBOOK, SCREENING FOR BRAIN IMPAIRMENT, and MOVIES AND MENTAL ILLNESS. Danny is the Editor for PsycCRITIQUES (the APA journal of book and film reviews) and the series editor for ADVANCES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE. He currently serves on the APA Council of Representatives and the APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP).