Bruce Levine on MF Radio: What to do about America's despair epidemic? Bruce E. Levine: psychologist & author.

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The USA Population is in Crisis of Despair -- What to Do?

Bruce Levine is next guest on MindFreedom Free Live Internet Radio

You are invited to tune in LIVE on the web Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4 pm ET, to hear Bruce Levine, author of the brand new book:

Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy




Says Bruce:

"The rate of depression in the U.S. has increased more than tenfold in the last fifty years. By not seriously confronting societal sources of despair, American mental health institutions have become part of the problem rather than the solution. The good news is that age-old wisdom and legitimate science -- uncorrupted by the profit-margin pressures of pharmaceutical and insurance corporations -- have much to inform us about revitalizing depressed people and a depressing culture. 

"Surviving America's Depression Epidemic provides an alternate approach that encompasses the whole of our humanity, society, and culture, and which redefines depression in a way that makes enduring transformation more likely."

Brief Bio of Guest:

Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist author of Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007). Dr. Levine has been in private practice since 1985. He is also the author of Commonsense Rebellion: Taking Back Your Life from Drugs, Shrinks, Corporations, and a World Gone Crazy (Continuum, 2003)

Dr. Levine has been a regular contributor to Z Magazine and The Huffington Post, and his articles and interviews have been published in Adbusters, The Ecologist, and numerous other magazines. Dr. Levine is on the advisory council of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology and on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. His website brucelevine.net

ADVANCE PRAISE:

“Surviving America's Depression Epidemic inspired me as I was reading it and a few days later I even noticed that some of my own ideas and behaviors have actually changed. There are many brilliant insights throughout, forgotten in our modern helping culture. The book would be just as—or even more—useful for helping professionals as for laypersons. It's the best self-help book I've ever read and I'd recommend it to anyone.” — DAVID COHEN, Ph.D., co-author of Your Drug May Be Your Problem

“A distinct pleasure. A thoughtful, compassionate and refreshingly humble look at what we call depression—well-written, easy-to-read, original—a philosophical treatise on the nature of 'being,' what it means to be alive, and the debilitating nature of our corporate society.” —ROBERT WHITAKER, Winner of the George Polk Award for Medical Writing, author of Mad in America

“Dr. Bruce E. Levine reminds us to take a broader view and incorporate historical analysis, social criticism, cross-cultural perspectives, creative insights, and spiritual wisdom into any future public discourse about why so many in our culture are so unhappy, and how we can best help them thrive instead. Surviving America's Depression Epidemic is a bold, intelligent, courageous, and insightful book that will enlighten and inspire many individuals who count themselves as among 'the depressed' (including myself).” —THOMAS ARMSTRONG, Ph.D., author of The Myth of the A.D.D. Child

“Surviving America's Depression Epidemic bravely connects much of the overwhelming despair in our society to society itself, and offers innovative remedies. I encourage anyone who has ever asked, ‘What are the alternatives to the current mental health system?’ to read this book. Bruce shows us an array of specific, practical options to fight the good fight on our increasingly demoralized planet. As a psychiatric survivor, I highly recommend that mental health professionals read this book.” — DAVID W. OAKS, Director MindFreedom International

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