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Ron Leifer

Ron Leifer, MD, is a psychiatrist in private practice in Ithaca, New York. He recently wrote a book The Happiness Project: Transforming The Three Poisons, which discusses the causes of the suffering we inflict on ourselves and each other from a Buddhist/psychological perspective. He also wrote In the Name of Mental Health, a critique of […]

Ron Leifer, MD, is a psychiatrist in private practice in Ithaca, New York. He recently wrote a book The Happiness Project: Transforming The Three Poisons, which discusses the causes of the suffering we inflict on ourselves and each other from a Buddhist/psychological perspective. He also wrote In the Name of Mental Health, a critique of the mental health systems and ideology.