The Author
Xavier F. Amador, Ph.D.
Dr. Xavier Amador is an adjunct professor in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University in New York City and is on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Previously, he was a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons; Director of Research at NAMI; and the Director of Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He has a brother, Henry, who suffers from schizophrenia. Dr. Amador has appeared regularly on numerous television programs as an expert on mental illness: e.g., NBC's Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, NBC Dateline NBC, Fox News Channel, Court TV, A&E Network, Discovery Channel, BBC, and PBS among others. Also, he was an “NBC News Consultant” and “Today Show Contributor.” He has been interviewed by the New York Times, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, the New Yorker, and other national print media. In addition to national media, he is frequently called upon for local TV, radio and newspaper interviews, both in the USA, and overseas.