GARDNER, Richard A.

GARDNER, Richard A. American, b. 1931. Genres: Children's fiction, Children's non-fiction, Medicine/Health, Psychiatry, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Private practice, adult and child psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Cresskill, N.J., Since 1963. Attending Psychiatrist, Presbyterian Hosp., NYC. Prof. of Psychiatry, Div. of Child Psychiatry, Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, NYC. Formerly, Member of faculty, William W. White Psychoanalytic Inst., NYC. Publications: The Child's Book about Brain Injury, 1966; The Boys and Girls Book about Divorce, 1970; Therapeutic Communication with Children, 1971; Dr. Gardner's Stories about the Real World, 1972; MBD, 1973; Understanding Children, 1973; Dr. Gardner's Fairy Tales for Today's Children, 1974; Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Resistant Child, 1975; Psychotherapy with Children of Divorce, 1976, Dr. Gardner's Modern Fairy Tales, 1977; The Parents Book about Divorce, 1977; The Boys and Girls Book about One-Parent Families, 1977; The Objective Diagnosis of Minimal Brain Dysfunction, 1979; Dorothy and the Lizard of Oz, 1980; The Boys and Girls Book about Stepfamilies, 1981; Dr. Gardner's Fables for Our Times, 1981; Family Evaluation in Child Custody Litigation, 1982; Separation Anxiety Disorder, 1985; Psychotherapeutic Techniques, 1986; Child Custody Litigation, 1986; Hyperactivity, The So-Called Attention-Deficit Disorder, and The Group of MBD Syndromes, 1987; The Parental Alienation Syndrome, 1987, 2nd ed., 1998; Psychotherapy with Adolescents, 1988; Family Evaluation in Child Custody Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation, 1989; The Girls and Boys Book about Good and Behavior, 1990; Sex Abuse Hysteria, 1991; Self-Esteem Problems of Children, 1992; True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse, 1992; Conduct Disorder of Childhood, 1994; Protocols for the Sex-Abuse Evaluation, 1995; Psychogenic Learning Disabilities, 1995; Testifying in Court, 1995; Psychotherapy with Sex-Abuse Victims, 1996; Dream Analysis in Psychotherapy, 1996. Died 2003.