Our Editorial Board
You should be able to see who is responsible for the mental health information you read. Meet the people behind our editorial oversight, and learn what a personal page review means.
Board members
Each profile lists the member's background and the pages they oversee.
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Michael Callans
MSW
Content Reviewer and Founding Advisor
Founder of Psychology.com and steward of its editorial standards since 1995. Reviews the site's condition guides and educational content for accuracy and clarity.
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David A. Brooks
PhD, ABPP, ABN
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist, and certified EMDR provider with more than 30 years of clinical experience in trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
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Seph Fontane Pennock
Founder and CEO, Psychology.com Inc
Founder and CEO of Psychology.com Inc and founder of PositivePsychology.com, co-founder of Quenza, and a mental health entrepreneur with more than a decade spent building digital mental health platforms. Writes the site's AI therapy coverage.
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Matt Edelstein
PsyD, BCBA-D
Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Behavior Analyst
Child psychologist and board certified behavior analyst who runs the Brief Treatment Clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute and teaches at Johns Hopkins.
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Kalen D. Zeiger
PhD, LMFT, CCTP, CFTP
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Marriage and family therapist and Antioch University faculty member whose clinical work centers on trauma and queer-affirming care. Reviews trauma content.
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Suzanne Degges-White
PhD, LCPC, LPC, LMHC, NCC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Professor of Counseling
Licensed counselor, professor and department chair at Northern Illinois University, and author of six books on friendship and family relationships.
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Jack Bartel
PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Clinical psychologist and founder of The Evergreen Initiative, a telehealth practice for LGBTQ+ adults licensed in more than 35 states.
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What review means
Section oversight and a personal page review tell you different things about the content you are reading.
- Section oversight
- A named board member is responsible for a subject area and oversees its content over time. Assignment to that section does not mean the member has personally reviewed every page.
- A personal page review
- When an expert has personally reviewed a specific page, we mark it “Reviewed” and show the date. Look for that label when checking whether an individual review has taken place.
How content is checked
Writing and source checks take place before publication. Board oversight continues over time. Read the full editorial policy.
Written to a standard
Each subject area has a written standard covering scope, required citations, tone, and limits. Writers use plain language that respects the reader.
Checked against sources
Before publication, an automated check compares factual claims with an approved source list. Claims that cannot be matched are flagged for a human to resolve.
Overseen over time
The board member responsible for the section reads pages, flags corrections, and adds relevant expertise as the content develops. A personal page review is identified separately by the “Reviewed” label and date.
Who checks the reviewers?
A member's responsibility should match their expertise. We check the qualifications relevant to their role before publishing their profile.
Relevant qualifications
We confirm the degrees, board certifications, and active professional licensure relevant to the member's role. Each profile shows that member's credentials.
Work within their expertise
Members oversee subject areas matched to their background and training. Their profiles explain the scope of that responsibility.
A public record of responsibility
Profiles identify the member, the content they oversee, and the specific pages they have reviewed.
Continuing oversight
Members revisit their sections as evidence and best practice change.
The scope of oversight
The board's responsibilities span tests, tools, guides, concepts, careers, degrees, and coverage of AI in mental health.
The page count records assignment to a named reviewer. It does not count completed personal page reviews. The figures describe different aspects of the site and should not be added together.
- 490+
- Pages assigned to a named reviewer
- 7
- Sections covered
- 200+
- Interactive tools
- 70+
- Psychological tests
Psychology.com has been online since 1995.
The sources behind the checks
Factual claims are checked against an approved source list. It includes the following kinds of sources.
Peer-reviewed research
Studies and reviews published in scientific and medical journals.
Government and public health data
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the CDC, and other government health sources.
Professional bodies and clinical references
The American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and established clinical references such as the Mayo Clinic and the NHS.
Found something wrong?
Email us with the page address and what needs correcting. We review every message, correct confirmed errors, and note significant changes on the page.
hello@psychology.comA note on scope. Our content is reviewed for accuracy and is for education only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and reading it does not create a provider relationship. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US) any time, or contact your local emergency services.