1. Jeffrey Alan Lieberman was born on 1948 and is an American psychiatrist who specializes in schizophrenia and related psychoses and their associated neuroscience and pharmacological treatment.
17 Facts About Jeffrey Lieberman
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Jeffrey Lieberman was principal investigator for CATIE, the largest and longest independent study ever funded by the United States National Institute of Mental Health to examine existing pharmacotherapies for schizophrenia.
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Jeffrey Lieberman was president of the American Psychiatric Association from May 2013 to May 2014.
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Jeffrey Lieberman completed his medical residency in psychiatry at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York Medical College.
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Jeffrey Lieberman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was president of the American Psychiatric Association from 2013 to 2014.
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Jeffrey Lieberman's research has focused on the neurobiology, pharmacology and treatment of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.
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Jeffrey Lieberman's work has focused on understanding the natural history and pathophysiology of schizophrenia and the pharmacology and clinical effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs.
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Jeffrey Lieberman's research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the NARSAD, Stanley, and Mental Illness Foundations.
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Jeffrey Lieberman served as principal investigator for Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Jeffrey Lieberman serves, or has served, as associate editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Schizophrenia Research, NeuroImage, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, and Schizophrenia Bulletin.
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On February 21,2022, Jeffrey Lieberman posted on Twitter about Nyakim Gatwech, an Ethiopian-born American model of South Sudanese descent, stating that "Whether a work of art or freak of nature she's a beautiful sight to behold", leading to criticism from students and colleagues.
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The New York State Office of Mental Health asked for his resignation as Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and as of February 22,2022, Jeffrey Lieberman was no longer affiliated with OMH or the State of New York.
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Jeffrey Lieberman has published over 500 research papers and edited or written ten books, including the textbook Psychiatry, Textbook of Schizophrenia, Comprehensive Care of Schizophrenia, Psychiatric Drugs and Ethics in Psychiatric Research: A Resource Manual on Human Subjects Protection.
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Jeffrey Lieberman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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In 2015, in response to journalist Robert Whitaker's view that psychiatry suffers from a conflict of interest with pharmaceutical companies, Jeffrey Lieberman described Whitaker as a "menace to society".
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Jeffrey Lieberman published his and seven colleagues' analysis of the president's mental state based on public information; they ruled out a series of diagnoses as unlikely and said incipient dementia was "most plausible", but concluded that Trump would have to allow for a full medical examination for any conclusions to be drawn.
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Lee argued that Jeffrey Lieberman was hypocritical for condemning her book but publishing his own analysis.