Relationships and financial disclosure

Last updated: May 24, 2026

Shrinkopedia is part of a connected family of mental health resources, and you should know how they relate.

Who's behind Shrinkopedia

Shrinkopedia is published by shrinkMD Publishing and medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, a board-certified psychiatrist. Dr. Refai founded or created several connected mental health properties, together known as The Shrink Network. He's the founder of shrinkMD, a telepsychiatry practice; the founder of the shrinQ educational program; the creator of the Unstuck app; the author of mental health books published by shrinkMD Publishing; and the founder of shrinkMD Publishing. Shrinkopedia and the other Shrink Network sites are part of that group.

How that affects what you read

We disclose these relationships plainly because Shrinkopedia links to some of these properties as related resources, and you deserve to know the connection exists. We want to be equally clear about this: the clinical content on Shrinkopedia is decided by the evidence and by medical review, not by whether it benefits another part of the network. When an entry points to a sister site, it's because that site is genuinely relevant to the topic. Shrinkopedia carries no advertising, takes no affiliate or referral commissions, and doesn't sell your data.

Editorial independence

The medical review process is the same regardless of any commercial consideration. What an entry says, and what it suggests, is decided by the evidence, not by the network's business interests. If a page ever reads to you like a sales pitch rather than a fair, evidence-based explanation, we want to know. Email [email protected].