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Terry Kupers, MD, Psychiatry, Oakland, CA

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Psychiatry • Oakland, CA

Institute Professor Emeritus The Wright Institute

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Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Social and Community Psychiatry, 1972 - 1974
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1969 - 1972
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 1968 - 1969
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1968

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1969 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2020 - 2022
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It 
    T. KupersUniversity of California Press, Berkeley2017
  • Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It 
    T. KupersJossey-Bass/Wiley, San Francisco1999
  • Revisioning Men's Lives: Gender, Intimacy & Power 
    T. KupersGuilford, New York1993
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Authored Content

  • An Argument for the Early Immunization of PrisonersDecember 2020
  • We Need to Talk Nondefensively About Race and Admit ShortcomingsJuly 2020
  • A New Mental Health Jail vs. Community Mental Health TreatmentFebruary 2019
  • A New Mental Health Jail vs. Community Mental Health TreatmentFebruary 2019
  • A New Mental Health Jail vs. Community Mental Health TreatmentFebruary 2019
  • A New Mental Health Jail vs. Community Mental Health TreatmentFebruary 2019
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Press Mentions

  • Opinion: Solitary Confinement by Any Other Name Is Still Solitary, and Needs to End
    Opinion: Solitary Confinement by Any Other Name Is Still Solitary, and Needs to EndAugust 6th, 2021
  • Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]
    Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]May 11th, 2020
  • 23 States Still Allow Shackling Pregnant Prisoners
    23 States Still Allow Shackling Pregnant PrisonersJanuary 27th, 2020
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