The Abyss of the Mind: A Psychiatrist's Journey
Alan J. Lifchitz, MD, is a psychiatrist who has spent most of his career practicing in the Chicagoland area.He was born and raised in South Africa under apartheid and was arrested and jailed for protesting as a student activist. Knowing he could not live under that system anymore, he decided to leave for Canada after finishing medical school, and he lived there for four years while completing his psychiatric training.He then moved to Chicago, where he has lived for the past thirty-three years. He has traveled extensively to Israel and other countries around the world.Dr. Lifchitz, now married with four children and twelve grandchildren, continues to live and work in Chicagoland.