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Office
440 W 24th Street
Suite 1A
New York, NY 10011Phone+1 646-483-7075
Education & Training
- William Alanson White Psychoanalytic InstituteCertificate, Psychoanalysis, 1988 - 1992
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1981 - 1984
- New York Medical College at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New YorkInternship, Psychiatry, 1980 - 1981
- University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1980
- Universita degli Studi di Padova, Facolta di Medicina e ChirurgiaNo Degree, 1973 - 1978
- Brooklyn CollegeB.A., Biology, 1968 - 1972
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1981 - 2026
- FL State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of PsychoanalysisFellow, Adult Psychoanalysis
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Dr. Ivan Goldberg Outstanding Service Award New York County Psychiatric Society, 2024
- Haskell Norman Award for Excellence in Psychoanalysis San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, 2023
- Public Communications Award Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 2022
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 129 citationsMinding the body: Situating gender identity diagnoses in the ICD-11Jack Drescher, Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Sam Winter
International Review of Psychiatry. 2012-12-18 - 121 citationsQueer Diagnoses: Parallels and Contrasts in the History of Homosexuality, Gender Variance, and the Diagnostic and Statistical ManualJack Drescher
Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2010-04-01 - 48 citationsMemo outlining evidence for change for gender identity disorder in the DSM-5.Kenneth J. Zucker, Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Jack Drescher, Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Friedemann Pfäfflin
Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2013-07-19
Journal Articles
- Ethical Issues Raised by the Treatment of Gender Variant Prepubescent ChildrenDrescher J, Pula J, The Hastings Center Report, 9/2014
- Proposed Declassification of Disease Categories Related to Sexual Orientation in ICD-11: Rationale and Evidence from the Working Group on Sexual Disorders and Sexual H...32. Cochran SD, Drescher J, Kismodi E, Giami A, García-Moreno C, Reed, GM, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 9/1/2014
- Controversies in Gender DiagnosesDrescher J, Journal LGBT Health, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Psychoanalytic Attitudes toward HomosexualityDrescher J, Anti-Homosexual Bias in Psychiatry, American Academy of Psychoanalysis, New York, NY, 12/1/1993
Lectures
- Controversies in the Treatment of Transgender Children and AdolescentsNew York, NY - 5/5/2014
- Paper SessionNew York, NY - 5/3/2014
- LGBT Advocacy/activism in Professional OrganizationsNew York, NY - 5/2/2014
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Press Mentions
- 'Conversion Therapy' Increases Risk of Mental Illness in LGBT PeopleOctober 1st, 2024
- The Lancet Psychiatry: Conversion Practice Linked to Greater Risk of Mental Health Symptoms, Surveys of LGBTQ+ People in the USA SuggestSeptember 30th, 2024
- Conversion Practices Tied to Greater Symptoms of PTSD, SuicidalitySeptember 30th, 2024
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Committees
- Member, Committee on Judicial Action, American Psychiatric Association 2024 - Present
- Member, Governance Committee, American Psychoanalytic Association 2024 - Present
- Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, American Psychoanalytic Association 2022 - Present
- Member, Committee on Communications, International Psychoanalytical Association 2021 - Present
- Co-Chair, Committee on Psychiatry and the Media, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatdry 2019 - Present
- Consultant, Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee, International Psychoanalytical Association 2018 - Present
- Member, Committee on Public Information, American Psychoanalytic Association 2015 - Present
- Section Editor, DSM-5-TR Workgroup on Gender Dysphoria, American Psychiatric Association 2019 - 2022
- Member, Honorary Scientific Committee, Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Second Edition Revision (PDM-2) 2014 - 2017
- Member, Member, Working Group on the Classification of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health, World Health Organization (ICD-11 Revision Process) 2011 - 2019
- Member, DSM-5 Workgroup, Sexual & Gender Identity Disorders (GID Subcommittee), American Psychiatric Association 2007 - 2013
Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Life Fellow
- Group for Advancement of PsychiatryPast President
- Member
- American College of PsychiatristsEmeritus Fellow
- International Academy of Sex ResearchMember
- AGLP--Association of LGBTQ PsychiatristsMember
- Member
- International Psychoanalytical AssociationMember
- Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy IntegrationMember
- New York County Psychiatric SocietyPast President
Other Languages
- Italian
External Links
- Columbia Universityhttps://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/profile/jack-drescher-md
- New York Universityhttps://as.nyu.edu/faculty/jack-drescher.html
- Research Gatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jack-Drescher
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