Alexander Danilin

Alexander Gennadievich Danilin (March 12, 1960 – August 14, 2026) was a Russian psychotherapist, psychiatrist and physician-narcologist. He was the author of ten books, numerous articles, lectures and trainings on addiction psychology and existential psychotherapy.

From 2003, Danilin was an anchorman of radio program Silver Threads (Serebryanye Niti) that is broadcast by Radio Rossii and is dedicated to the human soul in all its manifestations. A number of the media reported that Danilin was engaged in practical psychotherapy in Moscow clinics for over 20 years. He was a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association and the head of the drug abuse unit in the Moscow drug abuse hospital No 17. The media and websites of wholesale book-selling companies published information that the book by Danilin LSD: Hallucinogens, Psychedelia, and Addiction Phenomenon was withdrawn from the market by the officers of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia and Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Danilin's articles about problems of Russian psychiatry (Dead End, Any Diagnosis in Psychiatry is a Myth, etc.) often caused heated controversy.

Danilin was married and had two sons. He died on August 14, 2026, around 23:55 (GMT+3), at the age of 66.