Harvey J. Widroe

Dr Harvey Widroe is an internationally known psychiatrist who over the decades has treated thousands of patients--many with serious mental illness. Apart from his work caring for patients he has developed and helped operate a number of psychiatric hospitals. He has lectured extensively and acted as a hospital consultant througout the United States and the UK. He has also written a wide variety of scientific papaers for professional journals, a series of regular columns for an on-line newspaper, as well as book chapters and a psychiatric textbook, EGO PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PLANNING, now a psychiatric classic. Dr Widroe has recently written the award winning book, THE SMART DIETERS CHEATING GUIDE, soon to be published in a revised and updated version. Through THE DIARY OF A MEDICAL STUDENT: HOSPITAL OF HORRORS,another award winning book, Dr Widroe brings us face to face with many of our society's abysmal attempts to deal with the mentally ill.