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James Gilligan, MD, Psychiatry, New York, NY, NYU Langone Hospitals

JamesGilliganMD

Psychiatry New York, NY

Community, Forensic Psychiatry

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, New York University

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  • Office

    29 Washington Square West, New York, NY
    Suite 3-D
    New York, NY 10011
    Phone+1 646-469-3931
    Fax+1 302-371-1513
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Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1966 - 1969
  • University of Chicago
    University of ChicagoInternship, Internal Medicine, 1965 - 1966
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1965
  • Harvard College
    Harvard CollegeBachelors, 1957

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1968 - 2024
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 1965 - 1968
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • "Lifetime Achievement Award" Consortium of violence-prevention organizations (the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute, the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan, and the Children's Institute), 2011
  • Lifetime Achievement Award 2011
  • Innovations in American Government Award Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2004
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Sex, Gender and Violence.  
    Gilligan, James, British Journal of Psychotherapy
  • Offenders’ Memories of Violent Crimes.  
    Gilligan, James, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
  • The Resolve to Stop the Violence Project: Transforming an In-House Culture of Violence Through a Jail-Based Programme.  
    Lee, Bandy and James Gilligan, Journal of Public Health
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Books/Book Chapters

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Lectures

  • "Violence Against Children" 
    1/1/2005
  • "The Roots of Violence." 
    Harvard University - 1/1/1991
  • "Facilitate a 'trialogue' between theology, literature and psychoanalysis." (Participant in a biennial multi-disciplinary discussion group) 

Other

  • "Reflections From a Life Behind Bars: Build Colleges, Not Prisons" 
    Gilligan, James, Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. B7-B9
    10/16/1998
  • "Lock Up/Lock Down" (Documentary film) 
    James Gilligan, MD
  • "Manhood and Violence: Fatal Peril" (Documentary film) 
    James Gilligan, MD
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Press Mentions

  • Experts: 'Rageful' Trump's 'Inability to Distinguish Fact from Fiction' Make Him 'Unsuitable to Be in Command of the Nuclear Arsenal'
    Experts: 'Rageful' Trump's 'Inability to Distinguish Fact from Fiction' Make Him 'Unsuitable to Be in Command of the Nuclear Arsenal'October 16th, 2020
  • Book Uses Neuroscience to Reduce Conflict
    Book Uses Neuroscience to Reduce ConflictSeptember 23rd, 2020
  • A Yale Psychiatrist Explains How Donald Trump’s Mental Incapacity Was Exposed by Robert Mueller
    A Yale Psychiatrist Explains How Donald Trump’s Mental Incapacity Was Exposed by Robert MuellerMay 7th, 2019
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Professional Memberships

  • International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy
    Member; President 1999-2001

Hospital Affiliations