Brian D Richards, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director and Education Center Coordinator for MedOptions, the largest regional provider of behavioral health services in southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Dr. Richards is also Faculty/Affiliated Investigator at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he works on States of Consciousness Research at the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Bayview Medical Campus. He specializes in acute outpatient care, diagnostic psychological testing, long-term care/rehabilitation, drug and alcohol abuse, death and dying, spirituality in end of life care, mindfulness and brain-science-based approaches to personal growth and healing, and therapeutic lifestyle changes.