Meghan Jisho McDonald Caughey, born in Atlanta, Georgia, is an artist, musician, author, and mental health activist.

 

She has a BA in psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a Master of Fine Arts in Pictorial Arts from San Jose State University. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was a freshman in college.

 

She has taught in art schools and universities in California and Oregon. Her drawings and paintings are exhibited and published nationally.

 

A respected advocate in mental health reform, her essays have been published in medical journals, and she has pioneered the design of peer delivered services trainings that combine mental health with holistic health. As a cellist, she has performed with symphony orchestras and in conceptual art performances.

 

In 2021 her memoir was published titled: Mud Flower: Surviving Schizophrenia and Suicide Through Art. ( see www.mudflowerbook.com )

It has won four book awards.

 

She is the former senior director of peer-delivered services at a health non-profit organization in Portland, Oregon and she is also a clinical faculty member of the Psychiatry Department at Oregon Health and Science University. Her service dog, Ananda, is her muse.