- Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. is a well known American scientist in the field of
neuroplasticity , and its application toobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).After receiving a bachelors with honors in
philosophy , he changed career directions to the medical sciences. Currently associate research professor of psychiatry atUCLA School of Medicine, he is also a fellow with theInternational Society for Complexity, Information and Design .Schwartz is a seminal thinker and researcher in the field of
self-directed neuroplasticity . He is the author of almost 100 scientific publications in the fields ofneuroscience andpsychiatry , and several popular books. His major research interest over the past two decades has been brain imaging/functional neuroanatomy andcognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), with a focus on the pathological mechanisms and psychological treatment ofobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Dr Schwartz is also the overseas ambassador/patron for the UK's national Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder charity, * [http://www.ocduk.org OCD-UK] .
For his book "The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force", Schwartz received collaboration from LBL physicist
Henry Stapp (who is himself unaffiliated with the ICSID).Books
*Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley, "The mind and the brain: Neuroplasticity and the power of mental force", New York: Regan Books, 2002. ISBN 0-06039-355-6.
*Jeffrey Schwartz and Beverly Beyette, "Brain lock: Free yourself from obsessive-compulsive behavior: A four-step self-treatment method to change your brain chemistry", New York: Regan Books, 1997. ISBN 0-06098-711-1.
Articles on consciousness and quantum mechanics
*Schwartz, J. M., Stapp, H. P., and Beauregard, M. (2005). Quantum theory in neuroscience and psychology: A neurophysical model of mind-brain interaction. "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B", 360(1458):1309-27. [http://www-physics.lbl.gov/~stapp/PTRS.pdf Full paper]
*Schwartz, J. M., Stapp, H. P., and Beauregard, M. (2004). The volitional influence of the mind on the brain, with special reference to emotional self-regulation, in Beauregard, M. (Ed.), "Consciousness, emotional self-regulation, and the brain", Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company, chapter 7. ISBN 9-02725187-8.
*Schwartz, J. M., Gulliford, E. Z., Stier, J., and Thienemann, M. (2005). Mindful Awareness and Self-Directed Neuroplasticity: Integrating psychospiritual and biological approaches to mental health with a focus on obsessive compulsive disorder, in Mijares, S. G., and Khalsa, G. S. (Eds.), "The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative methods for understanding and treating mental disorders", Binghamton, NY: Haworth Reference Press, chapter 13. ISBN 0-78902324-5.
External links
* [http://www.iscid.org/jeffrey-schwartz.php ISCID Bio of Schwartz]
* [http://www.first-steps.org/schwartz.htm Another Bio]
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