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Expert advice from the medical director of the countrys largest state mental health system and themental health editor of TheHuffington Post. More than fifty million people a year are diagnosed with some form of mental illness. It spares no sex, race, age, ethnicity, or income level. And left untreated, mental disorders can devastate our families and communities. Family members and friends are often the first to realize when someone has a problem, but it is hard to know how to help or where to turn. Our mental health system can feel like a bewildering and frustrating maze. How can you tell that someone has a mental illness What are the first and best steps for you to take Where do you go to find the right care The Family Guide to Mental Health Care is the first comprehensive print resource for the millions of people who have loved ones suffering from some kind of mental illness.
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Dr. Sederer's website is www.askdrlloyd.com
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LLOYD I. SEDERER, M.D., is Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Office
of Mental Health (OMH) , the nation's largest state mental health system. As New York's "chief psychiatrist", he provides medical leadership for a mental health system which annually serves over 700,000 people and includes 22 hospitals, 90 clinics, two research institutes, and community services throughout a state of ~ 19 million people.
Dr. Sederer is an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia/Mailman School of Public Health.
Previously, Dr. Sederer served as the Executive Deputy Commissioner for Mental Hygiene Services in NYC, the City's "chief psychiatrist". He also has been Medical Director and Executive Vice President of McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA, a Harvard teaching hospital, and Director of the Division of Clinical Services for the American Psychiatric Association.
In 2013, Dr. Sederer was given the Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents by the American Psychiatric Association, which in 2009 recognized him as the Psychiatric Administrator of the Year. He also has been awarded a Scholar-in-Residence grant by the Rockefeller Foundation and an Exemplary Psychiatrist award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He has published seven books for professional audiences and two books for lay audiences, as well as over 500 articles in medical journals and non-medical publications like TheAtlantic.com, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Commonweal Magazine, and Psychology Today. He is Medical Editor for Mental Health for the Huffington Post, where ~250 of his posts and videos have appeared, and Contributing Writer to US News & World Report.
He is a regular on Sirius XM Radio's Tell Me Everything program, hosted by John Fugelsang.
His new book, Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight (Foreword by Patrick Kennedy) is ready for pre-order now. The Family Guide to Mental Health Care (Foreword by Glenn Close) , is for families of people with mental illness. His even newer book, co-authored with Jay Neugeboren and Michael Friedman, is The Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas (The DMOM) , a parody on the DSM.
