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Curriculum Vitae

Leo Kane
Date of Birth: July 27, 1960, Honolulu, Hawaii
drleokane@drleokane.com | http://www.drleokane.com

1981 Psychiatric aide, Hawaii State Hospital, Certificate.
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1982-83 - specialization in mind-brain research, psychoanalytic theory and psychosomatics; qualified National Boards, Part I

1978-82 University of Hawaii premed studies
Research and writing, 1984-present - Thanks to an ongoing grant, I am involved in mind-body psychiatry and various theories and hypotheses on the cultural relations of science, technology, medicine and ideas of human nature. In 1989 the results of my research were the basis for a Public Television special, "MindScience: Unlocking the Last Great Doors." A followup special, currently in preproduction, is slated for spring 2004.

1994-present Twice weekly psychoanalysis with Dr. Jane Harrisburg
independent practitioner

1989-99 Owner, Managing Director and Editorial Director, Kane Publications.

1993 Editor, Cultural Sciences Quarterly Journal Worldwide
quarterly journal published by Kane Publications

Committee Memberships:
Association of Hawaiian Therapists and Researchers; Science, Society and Technology Brotherhood; The Society for Social Responsibility in Science, Medicine and Technological Research.

Publications:

Books:

Mental Machinations, Kane Publications, 1998.

Articles:

Other Roads: Alternatives to Standard Practice, Psychiatry This Week, vol 2 number 1 (supplement) 2003

I'm OK, You're So-So, Psych Quarterly Clinical Update, vol 23 number 7, 2000 pp 329-40

Dealing With Defeat, International Journal of Hypothesis in Psychiatry, vol 4 number 12, 1997 pp 1775-80

Online Publications and Unpublished Manuscripts:

The Mind of the Master: New Age Theories Applied to Psychiatric Illness (manuscript in progress)

Waking the Witch: Visualization Techniques in Sleep Paralysis, Paranormal Research Journal, vol 2 number 4, 2003

Psychiatrist as Shaman, Paranormal Research Journal, vol 1 number 4, 2002

Meditation for Madness, Paranormal Research Journal, vol 1 number 3, 2002

Phantoms in Therapy: A Review of Phantoms in Psychiatric Disorder, Paranormal Research Journal, vol 1 number 1, 2002