Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, is adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Public Health; Chief Medical Officer for the NYS Office of Mental Health, the nation’s largest state mental health agency; and Contributing Writer for Psychology Today, the New York Journal of Books, and the New York Daily News, among other publications. He was Medical Editor for Mental Health for the Huffington Post, where over 250 of his posts were published. He has served as Mental Health commissioner for NYC; Medical Director/EVP for McLean Hospital, a Harvard teaching facility; and as Director of Clinical Services for the American Psychiatric Association. He has written hundreds of articles on mental health, the addictions and book, film, TV and theater reviews, and has published a dozen books.