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  Susan Lewis, author of From Deep Within , recently contributed an article to Psychology Today : Pro-Se: Understanding Legal Self-Defense . Says Susan There have been many criminal cases where the defendants have represented themselves and they have all had dismal endings. Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted in 1999 of second-degree murder in the death of a patient; Colin Ferguson, convicted in the 1993 shootings on a New York commuter train that killed six people and wounded nineteen: Ted Bundy was convicted of killing sorority sisters in Florida. His  narcissism , need for control and belief that no one was as good as he cost him his life. He was executed in 1989: John Allen Muhammed, the D.C. Sniper, killed ten people. His said nothing about the shooting and was executed in 2009. To read the complete article, click on the article title above. To read more posts by and about Susan Lewis and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter , 

  Susan Lewis, author of From Deep Within , has penned a column on post=traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), forensic examinations, and an insanity defense. Read it HERE . For more posts by and about Susan and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter  here  or on our  home page . Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of any of our books? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.  Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .

  Susan Lewis, author of From Deep Within , recently wrote an absorbingly interestting article for Psychology Today : "The Killers Inside Us: What are we so interested in serial killers?"  (definitely worth the small amount of reading time) For more posts about Susan and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.  Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .

We recently received a copy of a letter from the editors of Psychology Today to MSI Press author, Dr. Susan Lewis: "Dear Susan J. Lewis Ph.D., J.D., Congratulations! We've just reviewed Mental Illness Plus Guns Does Not Equal Mass Murder and we applaud what you've written. We've positioned it as an Essential Read in the following topic areas, which are important resources for readers: Mass Shootings, Law and Crime, and Forensic Psychology. This will be featured for some time on these pages and will be helpful to readers who seek foundational information on the subject(s). Thank you for publishing this piece. We’re already looking forward to the next one. Best, ~The Editors at Psychology Today " Here is the link to the aforementioned article: Mental Illness Plus Guns Does Not Equal Mass Murder | Psychology Today Susan is the author of From Deep Within . For more posts about Susan and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press

  Recently, Dr. Susan Lewis answered for Psychology Today readers the question as to whether American courts are efficacious. Read her conclusion in that column HERE . For more posts by and about Susan and her book, From Deep Within , click HERE . Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  (from article in Psychology Today ) Susan Lewis, JD, PhD, and author of From Deep Within penned a column today for Psychology Today that should be of interest to everyone: "Mental Illness Plus Guns Does Not Equal Mass Murder." Read it HERE Read other posts by and about Susan and her book HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  Asking and answering the question of whether brain scan data should be used in the courtroom, Dr. Susan Lewis (JD, PhD), author of From Deep Within , suggests that brain scan data should be admitted when criminal responsibility is being used as a defense. Read the article HERE . For more posts about Susan and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  In her most recent column for Psychology Today , MSI Press author of From Deep Within , Susan Lewis, asks if there are better ways to use the insanity defense. See the article HERE . For more posts about Susan and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  Dr. Susan Lewis, JD, author of From Deep Within , was recently interviewed as an expert on Court TV about the Waffle House case and the meaning of an insanity defense. See what she had to say  HERE . For more posts by about Dr. Lewis and her book, click HERE . Get From Deep Within on deep discount at the MSI Press webstore; use coupon code FF25 for 25% off. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.

  In this Psychology Today column, Susan Lews (From Deep Within) explains what it means to be fit to stand trial. Read the article HERE . For more posts by and about Susan and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  The nice thing about reading psychological thrillers is being able to read the last page and think, “That was a riveting read; thank heaven it’s only fiction!” From Deep Within is more than riveting: it’s shocking, eye-opening, often very frightening, but sadly, non-fiction.  . . .  Readers who care about people, who wonder why so many go astray while others live a good and productive lives, will gobble up the pages of this book faster than they would a psychological thriller. From Deep Within is chilling; its characters are unforgettable. More importantly, they are real: you couldn’t create more complicated characters. Susan J. Lewis shares their stories, not with a clinical distance or intellectual analysis, but with compassion and understanding. An absolutely compelling and highly recommended read. This detailed and insightful review slipped past us and should not have. Shocking! But you can read the entire 5-star review HERE now. (The review itself is worth the time invested in

  Excerpt from From Deep Within ; selection from Kew Gardens: The grounds of the mental health center were lovely, but the patients who wandered them seemed lost. The dangers of smoking were not yet known, and everyone in the hospital smoked, including me. The patients’ fingers were tainted yellow from the tar, their fingernails were long and unattended, and their clothing was mismatched and tattered. My heart broke watching them shuffle around. I chose to go onto the locked, dingy units and keep patients company as they ate their lunch. It was all about relationships to me. The room was filled with groaning people and the constant leg movements of tardive dyskinesia. Most patients knew me by my first name. “Susan, are you eating with us today?” they would ask.   Then, in 1973, one of the psychiatrists at the center was shot and killed by a patient while I was in the next building. I heard the gunshot, but no one knew what had happened. As the information trickled down that someone had

  Blackjack   My first clinical experience was working in a state psychiatric hospital with a group of individuals who were diagnosed with schizophrenia. I was a new, inexperienced therapist. I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. On the afternoon of our first group meeting, I came to the waiting area and figured a welcome to the new patients was a good start. When in doubt, be polite! I never even finished the first sentence of my greeting. As soon as I opened my mouth they stood up in unison and walked away from me toward the meeting room. I was surprised. I ran to the front of the parade and led them to the end of the hallway. No one looked at me or said anything. They shuffled, single file, into the room we had been assigned and plopped themselves down around a circular table. The space was small and cramped. We were so close together that the body odor of some people whiffed through the room.   I hoped it might be easier to get everyone’s attention now that we were s