Invisible Forces

J. Irene Harris is a psychologist who has publicly shared her lived experience of a mental health challenge. She has been the lived experience representative for an American Psychological Association Task Force as well as chair of a community of practice for mental health providers with lived experience. Kate V. Hardy is a Clinical Professor at Stanford University and California Licensed Psychologist. She has specialized in working with individuals with psychosis for over 20 years across research, service development, and clinical settings. Shirley M. Glynn is a licensed psychologist who has spent her professional life developing and testing psychosocial interventions to improve life with serious mental illnesses. She is a past president of the American Psychological Association's Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) and received its Distinguished Career Award in 2020. Jennifer E. Boyd is a psychologist and recently retired Psychology Director at the San Francisco VA. She has publicly shared her personal experience with mental illness and founded the VA Mental Health Lived Experience Community of Practice. Her published works mainly focus on the internalized stigma of mental illness. Stephania L. Hayes is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis working to elevate service user perspectives in early psychosis intervention programs and research. She is a mental health services researcher, an occupational therapist, and peer support specialist with over thirty years of experience with recovery.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction Andrea M. Cooke and J. Irene Harris; 1. We Are Here Juli Vierthaler and Melinda Douangratdy; 2. Mental Health Questions on Health Professional Licensure Application: Problems and Progress Richard R. Owen Jr.; 3. Behind Enemy Lines: The Impact of Working in the Closet Jane Doe; 4. Standing in the Gap: Navigating Academia and a Mental Health Condition Michelle R. Munson and Bonnie M. Lawrence; 5. I am Not Your Magical Negro: Black Lived Experience of Mental Health Activists Keris Jän Myrick and Kelechi Ubozoh; 6. It's Not My Imagination: Bullying in the Workplace Martin Merceret; 7. Getting Healthcare Kelsey Grimes; 8. Promoting Inclusion of Lived Experience (LE) in Every Facet of Mental Health Research Shirley M. Glynn, Jennifer E. Boyd, and J. Irene Harris; 9. Coming Out: Changing the Culture Carlos A. Larrauri and Matthew Racher; 10. Asian American Caregivers For Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Scoping Review Juliann Li Verdugo; 11. Peer Support: Past, Present, and Future Shannon Pagdon, Alishia Dauterive and J. Irene Harris; 12. Becoming Allies to Mental Health Colleagues with Lived Experience Kate V. Hardy and Shirley M. Glynn; Editors' Conclusion J. Irene Harris, Jennifer E. Boyd, Shirley M. Glynn, Kate V. Hardy, and Stephania L. Hayes; Index.