Dr. Laura Helps Honor Child Allergist Doris Rapp

Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Americas most popular radio therapist and author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including her current blockbusters The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands and Woman Power, will be the keynote speaker for Safe Harbors Fourth Annual Benefit, honoring popular child allergist Doris Rapp, M.D. The event will take place at the Glendale Hilton at 7:30 P.M. on October 7.

(PRWEB) August 11, 2004 -- Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Americas most popular radio therapist and author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including her current blockbusters The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands and Woman Power, will be the keynote speaker for Safe Harbors Fourth Annual Benefit, honoring popular child allergist Doris Rapp, M.D. The event will take place at the Glendale Hilton at 7:30 P.M. on October 7.

Dr. Rapp is the author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller Is This Your Child? and the 2004 release Our Toxic World. She rose to prominence when her appearances on Donahue, Oprah, Larry King Live, and other shows raised national awareness that hidden childhood allergies often contribute to behavioral problems.

Los Angeles-based Safe Harbor, the nations leading nonprofit for non-drug mental health education, is perhaps best known for their work sponsoring the worlds largest web site on this topic at www.AlternativeMentalHealth.com. Safe Harbor emphasizes the role of underlying physical causes in mental disorders, such as medical problems, allergies, toxic conditions, and nutritional imbalances.

We are so pleased to have two renowned champions for children at our benefit this year," said Dan Stradford, Safe Harbors president. Dr. Laura has been advocating for responsible parenting and the proper treatment of our youth for years through her writings, radio work, and The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Foundation.

And Dr. Rapp has impacted a generation of children through her books, TV appearances, and clinical practice. She was the first to video children before and after being exposed to allergens such as foods and airborne substances, showing astonishing negative behavioral changes that some kids experience. After one Donahue show on which these videos appeared, she received 140,000 letters. She has saved countless children from being unnecessarily placed on psychotropic medication."

Dr. Rapp will be the 2004 recipient of Safe Harbors Lighthouse Award, presented to men and woman who make outstanding contributions to humanity by forwarding truly safe and effective mental health treatments.

Also honored will be nutritional psychiatrist Melvyn Werbach, M.D., noted author and editor of seven texts, including such works as Nutritional Influences on Mental Illness and Nutritional Influences on Illness.

For more information, contact Safe Harbor at (323) 257-7338 or www.AlternativeMentalHealth.com.

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