Paul R. Linde

Paul R. Linde, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He's worked as a clinician/teacher in the Psychiatric Emergency Service at San Francisco General Hospital since 1992 and in several other high-intensity psychiatric settings over the years. A writer of medical/psychiatric nonfiction, his second book, Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist, was released by the University of California Press in September 2009. He has also written for JAMA, the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and DoubleTake magazine. Dr. Linde also created, produced, and hosted a weekly health program on KALW-FM in San Francisco from 2002 to 2004. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, two sons, and a rambunctious one-eyed dog. For more details, check out paullinde.com.