Marc Galanter (psychiatrist)

For the law professor with the same name, see Marc Galanter

Marc Galanter is Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.^[1] He is Deputy Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse at New York University’s Dept. of Psychiatry, which is a part of the Nathan S. Kline Institute World Health Organization Collaborating Center.^[2][3] His studies have addressed family therapy for substance abuse, pharmacologic treatment for addiction, and self-help treatment for substance abusers.

Galanter attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1969-1971) where he did his residency in psychiatry.^[1] After that he was a Clinical Associate at the National Institute of Mental Health, and then an NIH Career Teacher. He later served as President of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) (1976-1977), the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (1991-1992), and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (1999-2001).^[4]

Books

• Galanter, Marc, ed. (July 1989). Cults and New Religious Movements : A Report of the American Psychiatric Association (1st ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub. ISBN 978-0890422120. 
• Galanter, Marc (June 1993). Network therapy for alcohol and drug abuse : a new approach in practice. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465000999. 
• Galanter, Marc (20 May 1999). Cults : Faith, healing, and coercion (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195123708. 
• Galanter, Marc (7 July 2005). Spirituality and the healthy mind : science, therapy, and the need for personal meaning. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195176698. 
• Pargament, Kenneth I.; Exline, Julie J.; Jones, James W., eds. (2013). "Charismatic groups and cults: A psychological and social analysis". APA handbook of psychology, religion, and spirituality. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. pp. 729–740. ISBN 1-4338-1079-4. 

See also

• List of cult and new religious movement researchers

References