Daniel Levinson; Psychologist Advanced ‘Male Menopause’ Theory

Daniel J. Levinson, 73, a psychologist who advanced the theory that men experience a menopause-like midlife crisis. Levinson taught at Yale University and its medical school from 1966 until he retired in 1990. He was principal author of the 1978 study “The Seasons of a Man’s Life,” which holds that males go through a series of developmental stages as they age, including an experience similar to menopause. Levinson recently completed a similar study dealing with females. “The Seasons of a Woman’s Life” is to be published next year. In New Haven, Conn. on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.