The Body Blues  About the Book

Author Profiles (When Your Body Gets The Blues)

Marie-Annette Brown, R.N., Ph.D.

Marie-Annette Brown, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington, is a specialist in women's health care and adult mental health. She is involved in research, teaching, and clinical practice.

Dr. Brown has lectured widely and published over 60 scientific papers. She is nationally certified as a family and psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner and provides primary care at the University of Washington Medical Center Women's Health Care Clinic. She has received numerous awards, including the Achievement in Research Award, the Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award.

Dr. Brown's training as both a researcher and nurse practitioner made her the ideal person to develop the LEVITY program and write this book. Nurse practitioners are trained to look at all aspects of their patients' lives, not just their physical symptoms. They also place a strong emphasis on educating their patients about their health problems and, whenever possible, helping them relieve their symptoms through lifestyle change. In When Your Body Gets the Blues, Dr. Brown extends her clinical and research expertise to a much broader audience.

Jo Robinson

Jo Robinson is a New York Times best-selling author who specializes in books on mental health and nutrition. In recent years, she has devoted her efforts to searching through the medical literature for clinically proven therapies that have been overlooked by mainstream medicine. Her research identified the three activities that comprise the LEVITY Program.

Robinson is the co-author/writer of ten popular books, including Unplug the Christmas Machine, Hot Monogamy, The Omega Diet, Getting The Love You Want, The Emotional Incest Syndrome, and Melatonin. More than 2,050,000 copies of her books have been sold. Robinson lives on Vashon Island in Washington State.

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NOTE: HealthyMood.com gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Dr. Marie-Annette Brown, Jo Robinson and Rodale Books for information about the "Body Blues" book, Levity study and program referred to in this site. The authors are independent researchers, and are not spokespeople for HealthyMood.com.