Bruce E. Levine – A New Vision for Mental Health

Bruce E. Levine | The Rise and Fall of Psychiatry | Psychology Is Podcast 45

Author: Editorial 20th November 2023 0 Comments

In this video “Clinical psychologist Dr. Bruce Levine joins Nick for a conversation about historical and modern practices in the field of psychiatry. The conversation is based on Dr. Levine’s new book, A Profession Without Reason: The Crisis of Contemporary…
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A Profession Without Reason

Author: Editorial 9th August 2022 0 Comments

“Whatever we’ve been doing for five decades, it ain’t working.”Dr. Thomas Insel (former director of the National Institute of Mental Health) This book is by psychologist Bruce E. Levine. The publishers say: “There is today a crisis in psychiatry. Even the…
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Psychiatry’s “Defect Model of Mental Illness:” a Path for Those it Has Failed

Author: Editorial 15th February 2021 0 Comments

“In plain words, many depressed, anxious, and substance-abusing persons think: ‘I feel fucked up because I am essentially fucked up,’ and mental health professionals routinely confirms this.” This article by Bruce E. Levine has been published on the Counterpunch website. It…
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Mental Illness Weaponry and Shrink Hypocrisy About Abolishing Stigma

Author: Editorial 23rd February 2018 1 Comment

Writing in CounterPunch , Bruce E. Levine, says: “I am a mental health professional, a clinical psychologist, which is not quite as bad as being a psychiatrist but still nothing to brag about. Hypocrisy in U.S. mental health professional policy abounds…
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