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2009 Conference October 16 - 18, 2009

                         Sneak Peek

Dr. Xavier Amador

    

Dr. Xavier Amador (see www.XavierAmador.com) is an Adjunct Professor in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University in New York City , author and clinical psychologist.  

Previously, he was on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Director of Research at NAMI, Director of Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Co-Chair of the last revision of the Psychotic Disorders section of the DSM-IV. Dr. Amador has published over 100 scientific papers and six books. His books have been translated into multiple languages (e.g., Spanish, German, Portuguese, Polish, French, Chinese, Hungarian, and Japanese).

An internationally sought-after speaker, he has been an NBC News Consultant and Today Show Contributor, and has appeared on many other programs as an expert in psychology: e.g., ABC World News Tonight, Primetime Live, Good Morning America; CBS This Morning, 60 Minutes. The New York Times, L.A. Times, USA Today, New Yorker, and many others have interviewed him. He has been called as an expert in the Unabomber, Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping, Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, and Zacarias Moussaoui cases among others.