Safe Harbor Honors Dr. Doris Rapp, Oct. 7

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> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:43:47 -0700

> Safe Harbor Honors Dr. Doris Rapp, Oct. 7

 

> Safe Harbor

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> Safe Harbor takes great pride in presenting our 2004

> Lighthouse Award to

> legendary allergist Dr. Doris Rapp at 7:30 PM on

> Thursday, October 7, at our

> Fourth Annual Awards Benefit at the Glendale Hilton

> in the Los Angeles area.

> 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.

>

> Safe Harbor's Lighthouse Award is presented to men

> and women who make

> outstanding contributions to humanity by forwarding

> truly safe and effective

> mental health treatments.

>

> This year's Awards Benefit is sponsored in part by

> Nordic Naturals, maker of

> high quality nutritional supplements.

>

> Helping us honor Dr. Rapp will be Dr. Laura

> Schlessinger, America's 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.

>

> Los Angeles-based Safe Harbor, the nation's leading

> nonprofit for nondrug

> mental health education, is perhaps best known for

> their work sponsoring the

> world's largest web site on this topic at

> http://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.

>

> " Dr. Rapp has impacted a generation of children

> through her books, TV

> appearances, and clinical practice, " said Dan

> Stradford, Safe Harbor's

> president. " 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. "

>

> Also honored at the Safe Harbor Benefit will be

> nutritional psychiatrist

> Melvyn Werbach, M.D., internationally-recognized

> author and editor of seven

> texts, including such classic works as Nutritional

> Influences on Mental

> Illness and Nutritional Influences on Illness.

> Music will be performed by rock gospel queen Robbie

> Brown and hors d'ouevres

> will be served.

>

> Tickets are $95 in advance and $125 at the door.

> Some seating at Dr. Rapp's

> or Dr. Laura's table is still available at $500 per

> seat.

>

> Seating is limited and there is a lot of buzz about

> this event so register

> early!!

> For ticket information or to register, contact Safe

> Harbor at (323)

> 257-7338, or

> http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/.

>