Stephen Hinshaw

Stephen P. Hinshaw is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA and is known for research on developmental psychopathology, child and adolescent mental health, ADHD, clinical interventions, and the stigma surrounding mental illness. He served as chair of Berkeley’s Department of Psychology from 2004 to 2011.

Hinshaw has authored or edited numerous books, including The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change, The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today’s Pressures—written with Rachel Kranz—and The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medications, Money, and Today’s Push for Performance.