Introduction
	My name is Dr. Grace Jackson.   I am a Board Certified, general psychiatrist who is currently employed as the Medical Director of Critical Access Behavioral Healthcare Agencies (CABHAs) in Greensboro, NC.  These agencies deliver extended psychosocial services (case management, community support teams, and intensive-in-home support) to Medicaid clients. This presentation has been prepared by me as an introduction to psychiatric drugs for non-medical professionals.
	Financial disclosures:
	This presentation was entirely self-funded by the author with no outside support.  Between 2003 and 2008, the author served as an expert witness in several civil cases involving privacy and patient autonomy (the right to decline toxic drugs).  In 2007 and 2008, the author provided written testimony on behalf of plaintiffs in three product liability cases involving antidepressants and suicide.  The author owns no stock holdings or patents in pharmaceutical companies or their products.  The author has never participated in pharmaceutical company speakers’ bureaus or advisory boards, has never received pharmaceutical company funding for research or travel, and has never participated in the ghostwriting or sponsored authorship of publications.  The author is not employed, paid, or sponsored by any religious organization or church, academic department, medical school, contract research organization, or association of mental health or medical professionals.