Lloyd I Sederer M.D.

About

Dr. Lloyd Sederer, M.D., is an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University/Mailman School of Public Health. He has been the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the NYS Office of Mental Health; NYC’s Mental Health Commissioner; Medical Director/EVP of McLean Hospital (a Harvard teaching hospital); and Director of the Division of Clinical Services for the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Dr. Sederer’s APA awards include Excellence in Teaching Residents (2013) and Psychiatric Administrator of the Year (2009). He has received a Rockefeller Foundation Scholar-in-Residence grant and an Exemplary Psychiatrist award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). He was named Doctor of The Year by The National Council on Behavioral Healthcare (2019).

He has published 7 professional books and 6 books for lay audiences, as well as over 500 articles and audiovisual programs for medical journals and the lay media. He has been Medical Editor for Mental Health for the Huff Post; wrote a regular opinion column for US News & World Report: and has been a contributing writer for The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and the NY Journal of Books.

His next book, in press, is Caught In The Crosshairs Of American Healthcare, Greenleaf Book Group, 2024.

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Books by Lloyd I Sederer M.D.

Recent Posts

Take Care of Your People

Dire circumstances open the door for leadership. Leaders who can seize that momentary opening are not born, nor are they crowned. Leadership must be learned and then earned.

Medicating Normal: A Film Probes the Harm of Psychotropics

Informed consent for medication is typically cursory, or not at all, which is essentially saying, “This drug is fine, take it, you need it to get better."

Do's and Don'ts to help a person with an addiction

Family support is critical to long-term success in recovery from a substance use disorder.

"Anxious Nation": A Film Review

The documentary helps us understand the wave of anxiety that has hit our nation and what can be done to mitigate the consequences.

Thoughts at a Funeral

A Personal Perspective: Death becomes your neighbor before it takes you away.

What to Do When You Can’t Get Help for a Loved One

Here's what families can do if they are getting nowhere finding mental health services for a loved one.

"Drive My Car" Explores the Heartache of Loss and Demands of Recovery

Gut-wrenching tragedy, tragedy that summons howls of pain, can break a heart and shatter a soul.

When a Loved One Has an Addiction

A review of the documentary Our American Family. The director’s camera knows to take special aim at the family’s kitchen table, often ground zero.

"Sextortion": The Dangers of Online Activity for Teens

Sextortion perpetrators seek to feel powerful and in control of others, preying on children's needs for connection, affirmation, and acceptance.

The Truth Hurts: A Review of the Film Guidance

What puts love and peace at peril? And how can the risk be eliminated?