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William Tucker, MD, Psychiatry, Amagansett, NY, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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Psychiatry Amagansett, NY

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Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside)
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside)Internship, Transitional Year, 1969 - 1970
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1969
  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityM.A., Comparative Literature, 1965
  • Harvard College
    Harvard CollegeA.B., English, 1962

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1975 - Present
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1970 - 2026
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2004
  • Bavarian State Scholarship University of Munich, 1962
  • National Merit Scholarship 1959

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Review: no clear benefit from information and communication technology-delivered support and education compared with standard care in people with schizophrenia  
    Tucker W, Starren J, Evidence Based Mental Health, 1/24/2013
  • A systematic way to use short stories in psychiatric training and practice  
    Tucker W, Academic Psychiatry, 1/1/2010
  • Housing first for the seriously mentally ill  
    Tucker W, American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2009
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • How to Reduce Pressure on Psychiatric Emergency Rooms: Promote Recovery instead of Compliance.
    Tucker W, Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Annual Forum, Orlando, FL, 1/12/2016
  • Beyond Safety: Freedom to live one's own life.
    Tucker W, Hudson Year Urban Health Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1/6/2009
  • How People Change: the Short Story as Case His.
    Tucker W, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 1/19/2008
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Other

  • Using literary works to better understand behavior. 
    Tucker W, Psychiatric Times
    1/1/1991
  • Kruell M: Freud and His Father. Norton, New York, 1986. 
    Tucker W, Psychiatric Times
    1/1/1987
  • Ennis B: Prisoners of Psychiatry: Mental Patients Psychiatrists, and the Law. Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, New York, 1972. 
    Tucker W, Kansas City Star
    1/21/1973

Hospital Affiliations