March 19, 2004

Psychiatrist at Penn Predicts Psychological Perils for Any Human Clones

By LILA GUTERMAN

Human clones are bound to have psychological problems, or at least be at great risk of them.

So argues Stephen E. Levick, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in his new book, Clone Being: Exploring the Psychological and Social Dimensions (Rowman & Littlefield).

Most people believe that cloning a human being is unethical because of the many medical risks. But Dr. Levick assumes that the medical problems will be

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