Paula Caplan

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Paula Joan Caplan (7 July 1947 – 21 July 2021) was a Canadian-American clinical and research psychologist, author, lecturer, and social justice advocate. She was a long-time critic of the psychiatric establishment and the over-diagnosis and over-medication of the normal range of human emotions.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Caplan was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Jerome A. and Evelyn (Rothman) Caplan. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Radcliffe College in 1969, and her Master's degree and Ph.D. in psychology from Duke University in 1973 and 1978, respectively.

Career[edit | edit source]

Caplan was a professor at the University of Toronto from 1978 to 1995, and a lecturer at Harvard University from 1995 to 2004. She was also a fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Caplan was the author of several books, including They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal and The Myth of Women's Masochism. She was also a frequent contributor to various media outlets, including the Huffington Post.

Death[edit | edit source]

Caplan died on July 21, 2021, at the age of 74.

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