Saul V. Levine
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Saul V. Levine is a Canadian
psychiatrist
and author
. Levine is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto
and a senior psychiatrist at the "Hospital for Sick Children". He is department head of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto, Canada.
The Child in the City is cited in the book Children in Danger: Coping with the Consequences of Community Violence, by James Garbarino
, Nancy Dubrow, Kathleen Kostelny, and Carole Pardo, and also in the book Weaving a Tapestry of Resistance: The Places, Power, and Poetry of a Sustainable Society , by Sharon E. Sutton.
Levine's book Radical Departures is cited in The Canadian Encyclopedia article on "New Religious Movement
s":
1989 Cults and New Religious Movements, Levine asserts that the Divine Light Mission
, the Hare Krishna
, Unification Church
, Children of God
were viewed by society as cults and held in lower esteem than the "remarkable array" of groups sometimes called "cults." He writes that outsiders perceive financial exploitation as "one of the most pernicious and malevolent aspects" of these groups, particularly when "the leaders live in ostentation and offensive opulence." He advocates prosecution and even persecution of groups if there are doubts about the illegal or criminal intent or practices of such groups, but advocates tolerance for all manner of "intense group belief systems", as long as laws are not broken.
Press/Media mention
Canada
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psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
and author
Author
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. Levine is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and a senior psychiatrist at the "Hospital for Sick Children". He is department head of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto, Canada.
Author
Levine is the author of several books, including Radical Departures: Desperate Detours to Growing Up, The Child in the City, Youth and contemporary religious movements: Psychosocial findings, and Tell Me It's Only a Phase! A Guide for Parents of Teenagers.The Child in the City is cited in the book Children in Danger: Coping with the Consequences of Community Violence, by James Garbarino
James Garbarino
James Garbarino Ph.D. is an author and Professor at Loyola University Chicago. He has specialized in studying what causes violence in children, how they cope with it and how to rehabilitate them. Dr...
, Nancy Dubrow, Kathleen Kostelny, and Carole Pardo, and also in the book Weaving a Tapestry of Resistance: The Places, Power, and Poetry of a Sustainable Society , by Sharon E. Sutton.
Levine's book Radical Departures is cited in The Canadian Encyclopedia article on "New Religious Movement
New religious movement
A new religious movement is a religious community or ethical, spiritual, or philosophical group of modern origin, which has a peripheral place within the dominant religious culture. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may be part of a wider religion, such as Christianity, Hinduism or Buddhism, in...
s":
- University of Toronto psychiatrist Saul V. Levine made a study of deprogrammingDeprogrammingDeprogramming refers to actions that attempt to force a person to abandon allegiance to a religious, political, economic, or social group. Methods and practices may involve kidnapping and coercion...
in his book Radical Departures (1984). He concluded that as a means of changing people's views it was not only a failure but positively dangerous. These conclusions were supported by other scholars who provided civil libertarians, religious leaders in established churches and members of new religions with evidence against the practice of deprogramming. As a result it gradually fell into disrepute.
Views on cults and new religious movements
Levine published several articles about "cults" and new religious movements. In an article titled Life in Cults published in Marc Galanter'sMarc Galanter (MD)
Marc Galanter, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry at NYU, Founding Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse at NYU, and Director of the NYU Fellowship Training Program in Addiction Psychiatry. He is also a Division Director at NYU’s World Health Organization Collaborating Center, and...
1989 Cults and New Religious Movements, Levine asserts that the Divine Light Mission
Divine Light Mission
The Divine Light Mission was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj for his following in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his fourth and youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji...
, the Hare Krishna
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness , known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization. It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada...
, Unification Church
Unification Church
The Unification Church is a new religious movement founded by Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon. In 1954, the Unification Church was formally and legally established in Seoul, South Korea, as The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity . In 1994, Moon gave the church...
, Children of God
Children of God
The Family International , formed as as the Children of God and later named Family of Love and the Family, is a new religious movement, started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, United States. It began in the late 1960s, with many of its early converts drawn from the hippie movement...
were viewed by society as cults and held in lower esteem than the "remarkable array" of groups sometimes called "cults." He writes that outsiders perceive financial exploitation as "one of the most pernicious and malevolent aspects" of these groups, particularly when "the leaders live in ostentation and offensive opulence." He advocates prosecution and even persecution of groups if there are doubts about the illegal or criminal intent or practices of such groups, but advocates tolerance for all manner of "intense group belief systems", as long as laws are not broken.
Books
- Radical Departures: Desperate Detours to Growing Up, March 1986, Harvest Books, ISBN 0156757990 , ISBN 978-0156757997
- The Child in the City, June 1979, University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
Press, ISBN 0802063373 , ISBN 978-0802063373 - Tell Me It's Only a Phase! A Guide for Parents of Teenagers, Olympic Marketing Corp, June 1987, ISBN 0139031472 , ISBN 978-0139031472
- Youth and contemporary religious movements: Psychosocial findings, 1976, Canadian Psychiatric Association, ASIN B0007AZZLC
Articles
- "Alienated Jewish Youth and Religious Seminaries--An Alternative to Cults?", Saul L. Levine, Adolescence, v19 n73 p183-99 Spring 1984
- "Youth and Contemporary Religious Movements: Psychosocial Findings", Saul V. Levine & Nancy E. Salter, 21(6) Canadian Psychology Association Journal 411-20 1976
- "Radical Departures", Saul V. Levine, Psychology Today, August 1984, 27.
- "Brief Psychotherapy with Children: A Preliminary Report", Alan J. Rosenthal and Saul V. Levine, Am J Psychiatry 1970 127: 646-651
- "Brief Psychotherapy with Children: Process of Therapy", Alan J. Rosenthal, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif. 94305, Saul V. Levine, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Staff Psychiatrist, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Am J Psychiatry 128:141-146, August 1971, American Psychiatric AssociationAmerican Psychiatric AssociationThe American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
- "Life in the Cults" in Cults and New Religious Movements: A Report of the American Psychiatric AssociationAmerican Psychiatric AssociationThe American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
, ed. Marc GalanterMarc GalanterMarc Galanter is the John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School and LSE Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He teaches South Asian Law, Law and Social Science, Legal Profession, Religion and...
(Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1989). - "The Urban Commune: Fact or Fad, Promise or Pipe Dream", Saul V. Levine, et al., 1971, Toronto University, ERIC #: ED067571
- "Teenage Sexuality and Sex Education: Identifying Problems and Solutions", S. Ziegler, V. Young, S.V. Levine - 1984 - Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
External links
- Profile from UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- More scholarly articles by Saul V. Levine, Google ScholarGoogle ScholarGoogle Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest...
Press/Media mention
- School shooter used antidepressants: Psychiatrist says pills Hoffman took are safe, By Alex Roth, San Diego Union-Tribune, April 19, 2001
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