Jeffrey M. Schwartz

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Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. is a well known American scientist in the field of Neuroplasticity, and its application to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

After receiving a bachelors with honors in Philosophy, he changed career directions to the medical sciences. Currently associate research professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine, he is also a fellow with the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design.

Schwartz is a seminal thinker and researcher in the field of self-directed neuroplasticity. He is the author of almost 100 scientific publications in the fields of neuroscience and psychiatry, and several popular books. His major research interest over the past two decades has been brain imaging/functional neuroanatomy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, with a focus on the pathological mechanisms and psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

For his book The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, Schwartz received collaboration from LBL physicist Henry Stapp.

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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, 2002 ISBN 0060393556
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, 1997 ISBN 0060987111