Michael Liebowitz

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Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz is a Columbia University psychiatrist and founder of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic, the first of its kind, at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. In 1985, he researched and highlighted an underrecognized status of social anxiety disorder. This led to subsequent cognitive research and treatments for anxiety disorders. The Liebowitz social anxiety scale is named after him.