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Stories by Bruce E. Levine

Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and author of Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Chelsea Green, 2007).

Has Big Pharma Corruption Suppressed Effective Treatment Options?

Establishment psychiatry is under attack in Congress. Investigators are recognizing that not all mental health treatments come in a pill.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008

The Science of Happiness: Is It All Bullshit?

Just because a Harvard academic says something is so, doesn't mean it is.
Posted on Jul 4, 2008

Exposed: Harvard Shrink Gets Rich Labeling Kids Bipolar

Meet the man who got rich by popularizing bipolar disorder for children. Congressional investigators and the NY Times expose the scandal.
Posted on Jun 18, 2008

Paxil Babies: The Dangers of Antidepressants

Mothers suffering from depression are increasingly pushed into taking pills, putting them and their infants at great risk.
Posted on Jun 6, 2008

Are Antidepressants Faith-Based Treatment?

Bias in drug studies may mask the mind's role in overcoming depression.
Posted on Feb 28, 2008

How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness

Big pharma has some new customers. Not complying with authority is now, in many cases, labeled a disease.
Posted on Jan 28, 2008

America's Love-Hate Relationship with Drugs

Many prescription drugs have effects similar to those of illegal drugs. But we still view some users as criminals -- the others as patients.
Posted on Jan 9, 2008

How to Turn Blue Collars Into Blue Voters: The Psychology of the Working-Class Male

Democrats need to learn from Kerry's mistakes and tap into this crucial demographic.
Posted on Dec 21, 2007

Is Our Worship of Consumerism and Technology Making Us Depressed?

It would be a lot easier to address the increasing rate of depression among Americans if we weren't so afraid to admit that our consumer society makes us unhappy.
Posted on Nov 26, 2007

Moody Is the New Bipolar

The author of a new book on depression shows how Big Pharma is cashing in on drugs that aren't likely to help mood disorders.
Posted on Nov 14, 2007