biography
pronunciation:
[pah(r)dz]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Psychiatrist and educator, born in Bronx, New York, USA. He became director of the National Institute of Mental Health (1978–84) where he focused on improving the public image of psychiatry and increasing research support for psychiatric projects. He became chairman of the department of psychiatry at Columbia University (1984) and president of the American Psychiatric Association (1989). |
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