- Frank Ochberg
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birth_date = 1940
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field =Psychiatry
work_institution =National Institute of Mental Health Michigan Department of Mental Health Gift from within CIAG The Dart center for Journalism and Trauma
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footnotes =Frank Ochberg, MD (born 1940 in
New York City ), a psychiatrist and mental health expert who resides in Okemos, Michigan, has been a leading authority in his field since the 1960s. A graduate ofHarvard University andJohns Hopkins University medical school, he has helped to define and researchPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) andStockholm Syndrome , among his many accomplishments. From 1969-1979 he was a regional, division, and associate director of theNational Institute of Mental Health . He then became director of theMichigan Department of Mental Health , a position he held for 3 years, from 1979 to 1981.Dr. Ochberg has also founded, headed or been part of a number of organizations dealing with
PTSD and its treatment, includingGift From Within (founder), Critical Incident Analysis GroupCIAG (founder) andThe Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (chairman emeritus).Dr. Ochberg has 3 children with Lynn Ochberg, his wife of over 40 years. They live in Okemos, Michigan, near
Michigan State University , where Ochberg has taught in the College of Human Medicine and the Schools of Journalism and Criminal Justice.Fact|date=July 2007Awards
Dr. Ochberg has received a number of awards in his field, the most prestigious being the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies . Among his other honors, he has received the Golden Award of the Academy of Traumatology (1998), and a SeniorFulbright Scholarship (South Africa ) in 2002. Ochberg has recently devoted much of his time to educating journalists about trauma, and, in recognition, the Dart Center's Ochberg Fellowship was named for him. Ochberg Fellows, likePulitzer prize -winning writers, must demonstrate exceptional writing skills as well as thorough investigation of their topics.Books edited
* Violence and the Struggle for Existence (with Daniels and Gilula), editor (1970,
Little Brown and Company )
*Victims of Terrorism (with Soskis), editor (1982, Westview Press)
* Post-traumatic Therapy and Victims of Violence, editor (1988, Brunner Mazel)Interviews
* Mental Help Net's [http://wisecounsel.mentalhelp.net Wise Counsel Podcast] featured an [http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=weblog&id=511&wlid=9&cn=109 interview with Dr. Ochberg] on October 1st, 2008
Further reading
* [http://giftfromwithin.org Gift From Within]
* http://www.dartcenter.org/fellowships/index.php
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