Koplewicz, Harold S. 1953-

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KOPLEWICZ, Harold S. 1953-

PERSONAL: Born January 12, 1953, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Joseph (in business) and Romana (a social worker; maiden name, Magid) Koplewicz; married Linda Jane Sirow, June 22, 1980; children: Joshua, Adam, Sam. Education: University of Maryland, B.S., 1973; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M.D., 1978. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, theater, exercise, hiking.

ADDRESSES: Home—New York, NY. Office—New York University Medical Center, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016; fax 212-263-0202. Agent—Michael Carlisle, William Morris Agency, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, intern-ship in pediatrics, 1978-79; New York Hospital, Westchester Division, residency in psychiatry, 1979-81; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, fellowship in child psychiatry, 1981-83, director of general residency training in child psychiatry, 1985-86; New York State Psychiatric Institute, NIMH research fellowship, 1983-85; Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, chief of division of child and adolescent psychiatry, 1986-96; New York University Medical Center, New York, vice chair of department of psychiatry, 1996—, director of division of child and adolescent psychiatry, 1996—; New York University School of Medicine, New York, professor of clinical psychiatry, 1996-2000, Arnold and Debbie Simon Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2000—. Consultant to Dalton School, 1990-95, Jewish Child Care Association, 1990-95, and Our Children's Foundation, 1995—. Member of board of directors, Community Mainstreaming Association, 1988, and National Foundation for Depressive Illnesses, 1990—; Commissioner of New York State Commission on Youth Crime and Violence and Reform of the Juvenile Justice System, 1993-95.

AWARDS, HONORS: Wilfred Hulse Award, New York Council of Child Psychiatry, 1995, for contributions to the treatment of children with behavioral and emotional disorders; Parent's Choice Award, Parent's Choice, 1996, for It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents; Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, National Alliance of the Mentally Ill, 1997; Reiger Service Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997; Humanitarian Award, Marymount Manhattan College, 1999; Aprica Childcare Institute Award, 2000.

WRITINGS:

It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents, Times Books (New York, NY), 1996.

(Editor, with Robin F. Goodman) Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery & Hope, Harry N. Abrams (New York, NY), 1999.

(Editor) Turbulent Times, Prophetic Dreams, Devora (New York, NY), 2000.

More than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression, Putnam (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor of fifty articles to journals. Editor, NYU Child Study Center Letter, 1996; editor-in-chief, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 1998. Member of board of advisors, Big Apple Parents Newspaper, 1995, and Parents Magazine, 1996—.

SIDELIGHTS: Harold S. Koplewicz and Robin F. Goodman edited Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery & Hope, a collection of artworks created by children expressing their emotional and mental troubles. "The book was created," a critic for Good Housekeeping explained, "to help overcome the stigma attached to child psychiatric illness." Over one hundred drawings and paintings are presented along with commentaries by the children about their problems, including divorce, abuse, eating disorders, and depression. The artworks bear such titles as "My Scariest Memories of My Dad" and "The Frighteness in My Life." Kent Anderson, reviewing the book for School Arts, found that the artworks "testify to the deeply felt expressions of the young artist." In 1999 the works of art discussed in Childhood Revealed were organized into a touring exhibition, opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY and visiting eight other cities across the country.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Education, summer, 2003, review of More than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression, p. 814.

Good Housekeeping, November, 1999, review of Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery & Hope, p. 93.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, February, 1997, review of It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents, p. 296; September, 2003, review of More Than Moody, p. 1135.

Library Journal, December, 1999, review of Childhood Revealed, p. 162; November 1, 2002, Mary Ann Hughes, review of More than Moody, p. 118.

Publishers Weekly, October 18, 1999, review of Childhood Revealed, p. 66.

School Arts, May, 2000, Kent Anderson, review of Childhood Revealed, p. 64.