Dr. Saul Levine

Saul Levine is Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). He was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, educated at McGill and Stanford Universities, was a professor at the University of Toronto before moving to San Diego. He is married (to Ann Garland, PhD), has a teenage daughter (adopted in China), three married sons, seven grandchildren, a yellow Lab and two cats.

He has long been intrigued by the fascinating life stories of all human beings and has studied and written about human resilience, belief systems and cults, substance use and abuse, community and social movements.

He has written a number of books (see bibliography), many professional articles, newspaper and magazine pieces, had a nationally syndicated newspaper column for youth in Canada, and co-hosted a weekly TV show for ten years in Toronto.

He is deeply involved with family and friends, loves reading and writing, and is an avid (though by no means expert) participant in beach walking, cuisine, cultural pursuits, squash, tennis, mandolin, chess, world news, skiing, ice skating, gin rummy, and single malt.