COLUMBUS, Ohio — Human beings suffering from untreated but treatable mental illnesses, and human beings living without shelter or enough food, are moral stains on our state and nation. With the political will to solve these problems, we can reduce […]
Talks at Google
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman will be talking about his new book, “SHRINKS: The Untold Story of Psychiatry.” Dr. Lieberman is chair of psychiatry at Columbia University and former president of the American Psychiatric Association. In the book, he tells the fascinating […]
New York Daily News | Opinion – Public Mental Health Plans Can Be Made to Work
New York Daily News • Mar 01 2023 By Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Steven Leifman and Dr. E. Fuller Torrey Mayor Adams’ plan to get homeless individuals with serious mental illnesses off the streets and into treatment echoes past initiatives […]
Literary Hub | “The Miracle Cure.” A Brief History of Lobotomies
Literary Hub • Feb 21 2023 “The Miracle Cure.” A Brief History of Lobotomies: Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman on Early Psychosurgery—and Its Impact on the Kennedys and Tennessee Williams Excerpted from Malady of the Mind by Jeffrey Lieberman. Copyright (c) […]
The New England Journal of Medicine | Back to the Future – The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Drugs
The New England Journal of Medicine • April 15 2021In The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley described his trial of mescaline as “the most extraordinary and significant experience available to human beings this side of the Beatific Vision.” His exegesis was […]
New York Daily News | Stem the Student Mental Health Crisis
New York Daily News • June 19, 2019 By Carl J. McCall, Jeffrey A. Lieberman , Randy P. Auerbach As the spring semester comes to a close on college campuses and students depart for internships and jobs, and otherwise while […]
Forbes | Rob Califf May Be the Most Qualified Commissioner in FDA’s History
Forbes • Sept 14 2016 By Jeffrey Lieberman Departing from the massive complex of buildings that house the Food and Drug Administration after a meeting with the new FDA Commissioner, Robert Califf, I felt something that I rarely have felt […]
U.S. News & World Report | How to Help Kids Cope With the Stress of Competitive Sports
U.S. News & World Report • Aug 19 2016 By Jeffrey Lieberman It’s been thrilling to watch Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Alison Felix, Michael Phelps and so many other extraordinary athletes compete at this year’s Olympics. But at the same […]
New York Times | Opinion – How to Halt the Violence
New York Times • Aug 28 2015 WHEN Vester Lee Flanagan II fatally shot a television reporter and a cameraman in the midst of a live interview in Moneta, Va., it was a scene that has become all too familiar […]