ABOUT DR LEVINSON

Dr. Harold N. Levinson, a world-renowned psychiatrist and neurologist, is credited with being largely responsible for bringing about dramatic change in Americas perception of Dyslexia or Learning Disabilities (LD) as well as related Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Phobias.

He began his work on these disorders 30 years ago within the New York City Board of Education. Previously Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Medical Center, Dr. Levinson is currently the director of The Medical Dyslexic and ADD Treatment Center on Long Island.

He has written seven books: A Solution to the Riddle -- Dyslexia (Springer-Verlag, 1980), Smart But Feeling Dumb (Warner Publications, 1984; revised, 1994), Phobia Free (Evans, 1986), Total Concentration (Evans, 1990), The Upside-Down Kids (Evans, 1991), Turning Around the Upside-Down Kids (Evans, 1992), and A Scientific Watergate -- Dyslexia (Stonebridge, 1994).

In addition, his many scientific papers dealing with the origins, treatment, and interrelationships of Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities (LD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and Anxiety or Phobic Disorders have appeared in medical and educational journals, and have been reviewed by such popular media as the New York Times, Science, Time, and Smithsonian.

	"Auditory Hallucinations in a Case of Hysteria." British Journal of Psychiatry, January 1966, Vol. 112, #482:19-26.
	"Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia -- Hypothesis and Study." Journal of American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1973, 12:690-701.
	"Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia -- Synopsis of a Continuing Research Project." Academic Therapy Publications, 1975-76, Vol. 11, No. 2, 133-143.
	"Compensatory Mechanisms in C-V Dysfunction, Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia." Academic Therapy Publications, 1976, Vol. 12, No. 1, 5-27.
	"Seasickness Mechanisms and Medications in Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia." Academic Therapy Publications, 1976-77, Vol. 12, No. 2, 133-152.
	"Anti-Motion Sickness Medications in Dysmetric Dyslexia and Dyspraxia." Academic Therapy Publications, 1977, Vol. 12, No. 4, 411-425.
	"The Cerebellar-Vestibular Basis of Learning Disabilities in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Hypothesis and Study." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1988, 67, 983-1006.
	"Abnormal Optokinetic and Perceptual Span Parameters in Learning Disabilities or Dyslexia" Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 68, 35-54.
	"Abnormal Optokinetic and Perceptual Span Parameters in in Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunction and Related Anxiety Disorders." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 69, 471-484.
	"A Cerebellar-Vestibular Explanation of Fears/Phobias: Hypothesis and Study." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 68, 67-84.
	"The Cerebellar-Vestibular Predisposition to Anxiety Disorders." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989, 68, 323-338.
	"The Diagnostic Value of Cerebellar-Vestibular Tests in Detecting Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1990, 71, 67-82.
	"Dramatic Favorable Responses of Dyslexics to Antimotion Sickness Medications -- Four Case Reports." Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1991, 73, 723-738.
	"Rapid Meclizine Induced Reversal of Cerebellar-Vestibular Dysfunctioning in Learning Disabled Adults." Presented at the 144th Annual Meeting of the APA, New Orleans, May 1991.