Jonathan M. Metzl

About the author

Born in Kansas City on December 12, 1964, Jonathan M. Metzl is an American psychiatrist and author whose work sits at the intersection of medicine, sociology, and politics. He holds the Frederick B.

Rentschler II Professorship in Sociology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, where he also directs the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. A recognized expert on gun violence and mental illness, his books include What We've Become, Dying of Whiteness, The Protest Psychosis, Prozac on the Couch, and Against Health.