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词条 Abraham Halpern
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  1. Military Service

  2. Awards

  3. Published works

  4. References

  5. External links

{{About|the American psychiatrist|the American linguist|Abraham M. Halpern}}{{Psychology sidebar}}

Dr. Abraham L. Halpern was a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and former president of The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

In a wide-ranging career, Dr. Halpern was a champion of human rights especially in matters of law and mental health and was one of the founding leaders of the psychiatric sub-specialty of forensic psychiatry.

In 1965, Dr. Halpern participated in the March on Selma with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., manning one of the ambulances in support of protestors.[1]

Dr. Halpern had been a long-standing member of the UN Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, representing both the International Council of Prison Medical Services and the World Psychiatric Association.

Halpern was a Board member of Friends of Falun Gong, USA.[2] Halpern is also a very strong opponent of the death penalty; he has written extensively on the subject of physician participation in executions.[3] Halpern has also spoke out in defense of the curative benefits of psychoanalysis.[4] Halpern has advocated for the abolition of the insanity defense[5]

Military Service

Served on active duty in Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve from Sep. 24, 1942 to Nov. 30, 1945 in European, North Atlantic, and Pacific theatres.

Rank on discharge: Petty Officer.

Served in Royal Canadian Navy, 1953-1957, as follows:

Medical Officer, R.C.N. Hospital, Esquimalt, BC, July to Nov., 1953.

Medical Officer, H.M.C.S. "Cayuga", Nov., 1953 to Feb., 1955 - Far East (Korea).

Medical Officer, R.C.N. Hospital, Cornwallis, NS, Apr., 1955 to Sep., 1956.

Medical Officer, R.C.N. Hospital, Halifax, NS, Sep., 1956 to June, 1957.

Rank on discharge: Surgeon Lieutenant Commander.

Awards

  • In 2000 Dr. Halpern was given the Human Rights Award from the American Psychiatric Association.[6]
  • In 2003 he received the Medical Society State of New York's President's Citizenship Award.[7]
  • In 2004 he received the William C. Menninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Science of Mental Health from the American College of Physicians.[8]

Published works

  • 'Soviet Psychiatry:An Exchange' (1989)
  • Sweet Auburn: Recollections of a Prison Psychiatrist. (Frank Nesbit, 1999).
  • 'The Culture of Control' (2003)

References

1. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1965/03/08/archives/new-york-doctors-barred-at-scene.html] The New York Times, New York Doctors Barred at Scene, March 08, 1965. Retrieved on 2015-05.
2. ^Abraham L. Halpern, Letter to the World Medical Association {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816083235/http://www.fofg.org/news/news_story.php?doc_id=1391 |date=August 16, 2007 }}, April 15, 2007
3. ^short bio of Halpern
4. ^Hapern letter to the editory of Psychiatric News.{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. ^abstract of article by Halpern
6. ^Psychiatric Services: News & Notes American Psychiatric Association, June 2000. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
7. ^[https://archive.is/20120712050053/http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/38/12/10] Psychiatric News, June 20, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
8. ^  {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517110923/http://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2004/03/awards.htm |date=2013-05-17 }} College announces service awardees and new Masters, March, 2004. Retrieved on 2015-05-23.