Allan M. Leventhal, PhD, is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology. He is Professor Emeritus at American University, where he also was Director of the University Counseling Center. His forty-year career as a practitioner included being a founding member of the Washington Psychological Center, which is an outpatient treatment facility in Washington, DC. Dr. Leventhal served as President of the Maryland Psychological Association and was the Representative from Maryland to the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives. Governor Harry Hughes of Maryland appointed him to the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, where he was elected its chairman. He is a recipient of an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Maryland Psychological Association for having led the two-year successful effort that resulted in the Maryland General Assembly passing a privileged communication law that protects the confi dentiality of patients in psychotherapy. He is Consultant Emeritus at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a recipient of Recognition for his service as a psychological consultant to the National Security Agency, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Grifting Depression by Dr. Allan Leventhal smacks you in the face and tries to wake you up. The book systematically dismantles the 'con' that is promoted by the drug industry and organized psychiatry to push medications we call antidepressants. Reading the book is like someone telling you how a magic trick is done. Once you know how the trick is done you will never be able to see the trick in the same way. Your new amazement will be about how you could have been fooled for so long. -David Antonuccio, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine In Grifting Depression, clinical psychologist Dr. Allan Leventhal has written an exceptionally clear and persuasive critique of the use of antidepressant drugs to treat depression, as well as a cogent exploration of psychological alternatives. -Irving Kirsch, Aauthor of The Emperor's New Drugs and Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies, Harvard Medical School