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Lawrence Amsel, MD, Psychiatry, New York, NY

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Psychiatry New York, NY

Forensic Psychiatry

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  • Office

    245 West 107th Street
    New York, NY 10025
    Phone+1 917-576-8172

Summary

  • I am a board certified psychiatrist on the faculty of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where I do research on Child Psychiatric Epidemiology and Mathematical Models in Psychiatry. My clinical work focuses on PTSD and Complicated Grief, as well as attending on an in-patient unit. I also serve as an experts witness related to PTSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Psychiatry and the Law.
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Clinical Expertise

  • Bipolar disorders , Behavioral health, Suicide, Mathematical modeling, Post-traumatic stress disorder

Education & Training

  • Columbia University School of Public Health
    Columbia University School of Public HealthM.P.H., 1998
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)/Westchester
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)/WestchesterResidency, Psychiatry, 1989 - 1992
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 1988
  • Columbia College
    Columbia CollegeB.A., Mathematics, 1979

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1992 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2016 - 2018
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1992 - 1998
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Brain activity classifies adolescents with and without a familial history of substance use disorders  
    Qiao J, Wang Z, Geronazzo-Alman L, Amsel L, Duarte C, et al, Frontiers in human neuroscience, 1/1/2015
  • There is nothing to fear but the amygdala: applying advances in the neuropsychiatry of fear to public policy  
    Amsel, L., Harbo, S., Halberstam, A, Mind and Society, 1/1/2014
  • Combined prolonged exposure therapy and paroxetine for PTSD related to the World Trade Center attack: a randomized controlled trial  
    Schneier, F.R., Neria, Y., Pavlicova, M., Hembree, E., Suh, E.J., Amsel, L., and Marshall, R.D., American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Neuroeconomics and Game Theory Models of OCD
    Amsel L, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, 30th Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2010
  • Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry - Game Theory Modeling of OCD
    Amsel, L., and Pipel, A, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2008
  • A Game Theory Model of Suicide Behavior
    Amsel, L., Pipel, A., and Marshall, R, 12th International Conference on the Foundations and Applications of Utility, Risk, and Decision Theory, Rome, Italy, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

  • Using Behavioral Economics and Game Theory to Model Psychiatric Disorders 
    Columbia University Mailman School of Pubic Health, New York, NY - 1/1/2013
  • Toward a Mathematical Psychiatry: The Starvation Equation 
    Evanston, IL - 1/1/2011
  • Towards a Mathematical Psychiatry: Rational Modeling of Obsessive Compulsive Repetition (OCR) with Decision and Game theory 
    Evanston, IL - 1/1/2010
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Other

  • Recognizing and Treating Complicated Grief Reactions 
    Amsel, L., Marshall, R., Dreher, D., and Shear, K, An educational Videotape for mental health Professionals
    1/1/2004
  • Primary Care Clinicians and the Dilemma of Genetic Testing 
    Amsel, L., Dreher, D., Jennings, B., and Parens, E, Genetic dilemmas in primary care - an educational program
    The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY - 1/1/2001
  • Abortion and Religious Law 
    Amsel L, MD Thesis
    1/1/1998
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Press Mentions

  • A Clinicians’ Guide to Better Patient Communication
    A Clinicians’ Guide to Better Patient CommunicationNovember 12th, 2024