David Lewis

Having obtained my first degree (BSc.Hons) I went to the Department of Experimental Psychology, at the University of Sussex, to read for a doctorate.

After qualifying as a clinical psychologist and psychopathologist, that is someone who studies mental illness, I founded a registered, UK, charity to help people with stress and anxiety problems. More recently I have set-up a not-for-profit website www.askdrdavid.co.uk on which I provide free guidance and answer questions sent in by visitors.

Over the past years, I have published more than 30 books on psychological topics, most of which can be purchased from Amazon or Amazon resellers. I have also appeared in numerous television and radio programmes on psychological and medical topics, including Secret Eaters and Embarrassing Bodies (C4).

I am very interested in exploring the psychology behind historical events, especially relating to the rise of Fascism and Hitler in the 1930s. My latest book, Triumph of the Will? How Two Men Hypnotised Hitler and Changed the World, has just been published. You can learn more at www.triumphofthewill.info

My other, recent, books include: Impulse - Why We Do What We Do Without Knowing Why We Do it (Random House); The Brain Sell - When Science Meets Shopping (Nicholas Brealey) and Fat Planet - The Obesity Trap and How to Avoid It (With Dr Margaret Leitch) (Random House).

I live with my partner and four lovely dogs, not far from Brighton on the South Coast of England, and am Chairman of Mindlab International, an independent research laboratory based at the University of Sussex.