Jerome Wakefield, Ph.D.

Psychologist and Mental Health Expert Jerome Wakefield, Ph.D., to Speak at the Lindemann Lecture in Human Development

Garden City, NY
February 13, 2009

Jerome Wakefield, Ph.D., university professor, professor of social work, professor of conceptual foundations of psychiatry, and affiliate faculty of bioethics at New York University, will present the 2009 Lindemann Lecture in Human Development, “The Loss of Sadness: Are We Misdiagnosing Normal Human Emotion as Clinical Depression?” on March 11, 2009, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., at Adelphi’s Ruth S. Harley University Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY.  Following the discussion, Adelphi’s Derner Institute Dean Jean Lau Chin and Senior Adjunct Faculty Member Morris Eagle will discuss “The Role of Context and Culture in Evaluating Mental Health and Mental Illness.”

Dr. Wakefield is the author of more than 150 publications on the conceptual foundations of the mental health professions, appearing in journals in psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, and social work. With Alan Hurwitz, he co-authored The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Human Sorrow into Depressive Disorder (Oxford, 2007). The book was named best psychology book of 2007 by the American Association of Professional and Scholarly Publishers.

Dr. Wakefield is also lecturer in psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and has previously held faculty positions at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He holds two doctorates, one in social work and one in philosophy, as well as a master’s degree in mathematics, all from the University of California at Berkeley.

The Lindemann Lecture in Human Development is an annual lecture series endowed by Carol Lindemann ’70 Ph.D., direc-tor of the New York Psychological Center and president of the Lindemann Foundation, which allows Adelphi to sponsor campus lectures by some of the foremost thinkers and writers in the field of psychology.

For more information, contact Jane Locquiao at 516.877.4801.


About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.


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