Herbert Hendin, Psychiatrist
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Herbert Hendin

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

1045 Park Avenue 3C New York NY, 10028
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Herbert Hendin, M.D., is renowned for his research into the psychosocial causes, meaning and treatment of suicide. The international impact of his work was underscored by his appointment as one of two United States advisors on suicide prevention for the World Health Organization. He has served on the faculty of the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and subsequently founded and became CEO and Medical Director of the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. Currently CEO and Medical Director of Suicide Prevention Initiatives, he has received numerous awards for his contributions to the treatment, prevention, and identification of those at acute risk. He also did studies of assisted suicide and euthanasia that were cited by the US Supreme Court in its decision that there was no constitutional right to assisted suicide and euthanasia. He developed a short term psychodynamic treatment that was successful in treating the combat veterans of the Vietnam War who were at risk for suicide. It shows promise of being able to be equally successful with the veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Education and Training

NYU Medical College MD 1950

Columbia University: Psychoanlytic Clinic for Training and Research 1955

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Provider Details

Male English

Areas of expertise and specialization

Post Traumatic Stress and Suicide Among Combat VeteransPsychodynamic Therapy

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Professor of Psychiatry NY Medical College 2000 - 2017
  • CEO and Medical Director Suicide Prevention Initiatives 2006 - 2017

Awards

  • Yearly Award for Best Published Research (Suicide in Sweden) 1962 Gralnick Foundation 
  • Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine 1963 Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine 
  • Honorary Fellow--recognition of study Culture, Character and Suicide in Scandinavia 1964 American-Scandinavian Foundation 
  • Yearly Lectureship Award 1966 Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis 
  • Louis Dublin Award. For distinguished contributions to the knowledge of suicide. 1982 American Association of Suicidology 
  • Langer Award. For scholarly contribution to the study of psychohistory. 1984 The Psychohistory Review 
  • Charles T. Rubey Award For outstanding contributions to suicide prevention 2006 Charles T. Rubey 
  • The Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Residence Award for work on assisted suicide and euthanasia in the United States and the Netherlands. Bellagio 1994  
  • Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 Suicide Prevention International 

Professional Memberships

  • American Association of Suicidology  
  • American Psychiatric Association  
  • American Psychoanalytic Association  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  • Planned Parenthood
  • League of Women Voters
  • St. Labre Indian School
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Modern Museum of Art, New York
  • National World War II Museum
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Paralyzed Veterans
  • Union of Concerned Scientists

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Psychiatric Association

Articles and Publications

  • Published 10 Books and 60 Chapters

Hobbies / Sports

  • Tennis Player

Areas of research

1. Suicide and Scandinavia: Comparative Psychosocial analysis of suicide in Sweden, Denmark and Norway;
2. The problem of suicide in urban, African American population;
3. Study of suicide in a high-rate, rural Hungarian population
4. Developing and teaching optimal treatment methods to local Hungarian physicians;
5. Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: studies of the Netherlands and Oregon;
6. Assessment of Legalization of the Practice of Euthanasia;
7. Developing a Data Bank of the Problems and reactions of psychotherapists who lost patients to suicide;
8. Assessing the problems of therapists in the treatment of suicide among civilian population;
9. Developing a short- term psychodynamic treatment for assessing and treating combat veterans of the wars of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD who are at risk for suicide;
10. Problems of therapists in Psychotherapy and Psychodynamic Therapy;
11. Suicide among College Students;
12. Suicide among Adolescents;
13. Study of Substance Abuse and the Affect of Variety of the Drugs used in the U.S.;
14. Techniques and findings in the psychoanalytic study of International and U.S. subgroups;
15a. Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Asia: Improving the portrayal of suicide by the media;
15b. Innovative Approaches to Identifying those at Risk of Suicide;
15c. Reducing Access in Asia to Lethal Methods of Self-Harm;
15d. Improving Treatment of Those at Risk for Suicide;
15e. Addressing Problems of Survivors of Suicide in Asia

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1045 Park Avenue 3C -
New York, NY 10028
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