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Daniel Schechter, MD, Psychiatry, New York, NY

Daniel Scott Schechter MD

Psychiatry•New York, NY

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Medical Director of Early Childhood Ambulatory Care & Research, University of Lausanne Hospital, Lausanne (Switzerland) ; Guest Lecturer, Psychoanalytic Center, Columbia U. Vagelos College of P&S, Formerly Adjunct Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (USA); Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine (Switzerland)

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Summary

  • Dr. Daniel Schechter is a psychiatrist formerly based in New York, NY, specializing in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He completed his education with fellowships at New York Presbyterian Hospital, both Columbia and Cornell campuses, after earning his MD from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He additionally did infant mental health training at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He currently lives and works in French-speaking Switzerland where he is Co-Director of Perinatal and Early Childhood Consultation, Training and Research as a senior attending physician in child and adolescent psychiatry and tenured professor of psychiatry at Lausanne University Hospital and Faculty of Biology & Medicine (Lausanne, Switzerland). He resides and retains practice privileges in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Schechter has previously held multiple roles in different institutions in the USA, Switzerland, and Germany including Chief of the Stress, Trauma, and Resilience Service at NYU Langone Health's Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as Barakett Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, previous to that as Director of Infant and Early Childhood Research at Columbia University Medical Center. He then served as Chief of Pediatric Psychiatry Consult-Liaison, Director of Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Research, and then Deputy Chief of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Service at the University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine where he was Senior Lecturer. His work has continually focused on psychotherapy, trauma, and parent-child mental health. Dr. Schechter has contributed to numerous publications, including works on trauma-exposed children and the intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996 - 1999
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia)Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1996 - 1998
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric Institute
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric InstituteResidency, Psychiatry, 1992 - 1996
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1991
  • Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
    Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & SciencesM.Arts, Music Composition and Theory, 1983 - 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1994 - 2027
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Exceptional Contribution to Research Award for Published Papers International Psychoanalytical Association, 2021, 2023
  • Sandor Ferenczi Award International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation, 2019
  • Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2017

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Methylation of NR3C1 is related to maternal PTSD, parenting stress and maternal medial prefrontal cortical activity in response to child separation among mothers with ...  
    Schechter DS, Moser DA, Giacobino A, Stenz L, Gex-Fabry M, Adouan W, Cordero MI, Suardi F, Manini A, Sancho-Rossignol A, Merminod G, Aue T, Ansermet F, Dayer AG, Rusco..., Frontiers in Psychology, 1/29/2015
  • Violence-related PTSD and neural activation when seeing emotional male-female interactions  
    Moser DA, Aue T, Favez N, Kutlikova H, Suardi F, Cordero MI, Rusconi Serpa S, Schechter DS, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 1/1/2015
  • How do maternal PTSD and alexithymia interact to impact maternal behaviour?  
    Schechter DS, Suardi F, Manini A, Cordero MI, Sancho Rossignol A, Gex-Fabry, Merminod G, Moser DA, Rusconi Serpa S, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

  • DSM-5 Clinical Cases 
    Chapter: Dangerous Behaviors (Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders) 
    Page 153 - 155Schechter DSEditors: Barnhill J.American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington, DC2014
  • Early Parenting Research and Prevention of Disorder: Psychoanalytic Research at Interdisciplinary Frontiers 
    Chapter: Understanding how traumatized mothers process their toddlers' affective communication under stress: Towards preventive intervention for families at high risk for intergenerational violence. 
    Schechter DS, Rusconi-Serpa SEditors: Emde R, M Leuzinger-Bohleber.Karnac Books, London2014
  • Healing in the Wake of Parental Loss: Clinical Applications and Therapeutic Strategies 
    Chapter: Take me to the moon and wait: A psychoanalytically informed approach to working with surviving caregivers and their children within a consult-liaison service in the wake of severe parental illness and 
    Schechter DS, Schwab AEditors: P Cohen, KM Sossin, R Ruth.Jason Aronson, Inc., New York2014

Abstracts/Posters

  • You never step into the same schema twice: Reflections on the intergenerational transmission of violence and trauma. Dan Stern Memorial Symposium: Neurobiological appr...
    Schechter DS, Infant Mental Health Journal, 1/1/2014
  • The effects of violence related maternal PTSD on the mother-toddler relationship: Implications for targeted video-feedback exposure-based psychotherapy.
    Schechter DS, Rusconi Serpa S, Infant Mental Health Journal, 1/1/2014
  • Understanding and treating the effects of interpersonal violence on the mother-infant relationship.
    Schechter DS, Guedeney A, Infant Mental Health Journal, 1/1/2014

Lectures

  • Misunderstandings in social communication: Psychotherapeutic intervention with traumatized mothers and their infants and toddlers. (Misvertändnisse im sozialen Austaus... 
    Zurich, Switzerland - 1/31/2015
  • What young children can evoke in their traumatized mothers and how we can help them. 
    Biel, Switzerland - 1/23/2015
  • What changes with Clinician Assisted Videofeedback Sessions (CAVES)? 
    Boston, MA - 1/23/2015

Other

  • Difficult parents? The challenges of responding to the needs of psychiatrically ill parents in pediatric practice. 
    Schechter DS, Rusconi-Serpa S, Swiss Medical Review (Revue Medicale Suisse)
    Switzerland - 1/1/2013
  • "Formative Experiences: The Interaction of Parenting, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology. New York: Cambridge University Press, Inc." 
    Worthman C, Plotsky P, Schechter DS, Cummings, C (Editors)
    1/1/2010
  • "September 11: Trauma and Human Bonds. New York: Taylor and Francis, Inc." 
    Coates SW, Rosenthal J, Schechter DS (Editors)
    1/11/2003

Press Mentions

  • Parent's Tough Childhood Can Cast Shadow Across Generations
    Parent's Tough Childhood Can Cast Shadow Across GenerationsJuly 9th, 2018

Grant Support

  • Stress and Developmental Psychopathology (CP4), NCCR-SYNAPSYSwiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)2010–2018
  • Maternal PTSD and Interactive Behavior with Young ChildrenNational Institute of Mental Health2003–2008
  • Mother Child Interaction ProjectNational Center For Research Resources2004–2005
  • Parent-Child Interactions ProjectNational Center For Research Resources2004

Committees

  • Senior Member, Infancy and Preschool Committee, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1999 - 2022

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French, German, Spanish

External Links

  • Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-s-schechter-23149219/?originalSubdomain=ch

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