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Office
440 W 24th Street
Suite 1A
New York, NY 10011Phone+1 646-483-7075- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- William Alanson White Psychoanalytic InstituteCertificate, Psychoanalysis, 1988 - 1992
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1981 - 1984
- New York Medical College (Metropolitan)Internship, 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
- NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of PsychoanalysisFellow, Adult Psychoanalysis
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Haskell Norman Award for Excellence in Psychoanalysis San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, 2023
- Sigourney Award for Pioneering Work on Gender and Sexuality Sigourney Award Trust, 2022
- Public Communications Award Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 2022
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsInformed Consent or Scare Tactics? A Response to Levine et al.'s "Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults".Jack Drescher> ;Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 2023 Jan 1
- 3 citationsIs it really about freedom of thought?Jack Drescher> ;Bjpsych Bulletin. 2022 Dec 1
- A Qualitative Investigation Into Faith and LGBTQ Identities in a Nonclinical Sample of Readers of the Dear Abby Column: The Dear Abby Project.Alhasan Ghazzawi, Flávio Casoy, Naomi Libby, Christopher A. McIntosh, Mary E. Barber, Stewart L. Adelson, Joanne Ahola, Kenneth B. Ashley, Alexis M Chavez, Laura Erick...> ;The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2021 Dec 1
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Journal Articles
- 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
- Ethical Issues Raised by the Treatment of Gender Variant Prepubescent ChildrenDrescher J, Pula J, The Hastings Center Report, 9/2014
- 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
- A Renewed Interest in Freudian PsychoanalysisApril 5th, 2023
- Quelle false verità sulle terapie per l'affermazione di genereFebruary 3rd, 2023
- The Distortions Hindering Gender-Affirming CareOctober 26th, 2022
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Committees
- Chair, Committee on Advocacy and Litigation Funding, American Psychiatric Association 2014 - Present
- Member, Honorary Scientific Committee, Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, Second Edition Revision (PDM-2) 2014 - Present
- Member, Member, Working Group on the Classification of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health, World Health Organization (ICD-11 Revision Process) 2011 - Present
- Member, DSM-5 Workgroup, Sexual & Gender Identity Disorders (GID Subcommittee) 2007 - 2013
Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Fellow
- Group for Advancement of PsychiatryPast President
- Member
- American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic PsychiatryFellow
- Gay and Lesbian Medical AssociationMember
- American College of PsychiatristsMember
- New York Academy of MedicineFellow
- Society for the Scientific Study of SexualityMember
- International Academy of Sex ResearchMember
- Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists - AGLPMember
Other Languages
- Italian
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