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Lauren Slater (born March 21, 1963) is an American psychologist and writer. She is the author of seven books, including ''Welcome To My Country'' (1996), ''Prozac Diary'' (1998), and ''Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir'' (2000). Her 2004 ''Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychology Experiments of the Twentieth Century'', a description of psychology experiments "narrated as stories," 〔Slater, Lauren. ''Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century'', Norton 2004, ISBN 0-393-05095-5〕 has drawn both praise and criticism. It was nominated for a ''Los Angeles Times'' ''Kirsch'' award for science and technology writing,〔("Los Angeles Times Announces Kirsch Award Winner, Book Prize Finalists" ), ''Los Angeles Times Media Center'', March 10, 2005〕 and was named as a 2005 ''Bild Der Wissenschaft'' book of the year in Germany.〔("Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres" ), HyperSchool, undated, retrieved April 14, 2006〕 Criticism has focused on Slater's research methods and on the extent to which some of the experiences she describes may have been fictionalized. Other awards Slater has won include the 1993 New Letters Literary Award in creative nonfiction, and the 1994 Missouri Review Award, and her work was included in ''The Best American Essays'' of 1994 and 1997.〔(Bloomsbury author information; retrieved April 6, 2006 )〕 She has contributed to ''The New York Times'', ''Harper's'', and ''Elle''.〔 ''The Village Voice'' has called her "the closest thing we have to a doyenne of psychiatric disorder." 〔('"Life is like Skinner's box of chocolates: Slater revisits 20th-century psych's greatest hits", ) ''Village Voice (Shrink Rap)'', by Joy Press, 23 February 2004, accessed 27 April 2006〕 ==Education and career== Slater is a freelance writer specializing in psychology, mental illness, and women's health. She graduated in 1985 from Brandeis University with a bachelor’s degree in British and American literature.〔(Brandeis 50th Review )〕 She earned a master's degree in psychology from Harvard University and a doctorate in psychology from Boston University. Slater was a 2002-03 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the fellowship, part of the Program on Science, Technology and Society in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, her area of study was neuropsychology, psychiatric care, medical technologies, and medical ethics.〔(Knight Science Fellows )〕 Slater was a clinical psychologist for 11 years before embarking on a full-time writing career. She was the director of AfterCare Services, a mental health and substance-abuse clinic in Boston.〔Slater,Lauren (Do You Cure A Sex Addict?” ) ''The New York Times'' November 19, 2000〕 She is married to computer programmer Benjamin Alexander. They have two children: Clara and Lucas. After the birth of her daughter, Slater wrote her memoir ''Love Works Like This'',〔(Mental health net book review ) accessed 20 April 2006〕 to chronicle the agonizing decisions she made related to her psychiatric illness and her pregnancy. In a 2003 ''BBC Woman's Hour'' radio interview,〔(BBC Woman's Hour radio interview ) BBC Mental Health, Drugs & Pregnancy, Woman's Hour, 14 January 2003〕 and a 2005 article in ''Child Magazine'' 〔Slater, Lauren ( “The Pregnancy Blues“ ) ''Child Magazine'' April 2005〕 Slater provides information on depression during pregnancy and the risks to the woman and her baby. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lauren Slater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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