Daniel Schechter

Daniel Scott Schechter (born in 1962 in the U.S.) is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and researcher who specializes in child psychiatry. He heads the Liaison Service of Pediatric Psychiatry at the University Hospital of Geneva and is also a lecturer at the medical faculty of the University of Geneva and Columbia University in New York.

Life

Schechter studied at Columbia University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1987 and his Master of Arts in 1983. He completed his medical studies in 1991 with the M.D. from. Schechter specialized in child psychiatry, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychotherapy. He is known for his articles on violence -related trauma in the succession of generations, and the trauma of children who have experienced 11 September 2001. He analyzed how the separation anxiety of young children a strong post-traumatic stress effect could bring in the traumatized parents.

Publications (selection )

  • Affective COMMUNICATION traumatized mothers and their infants. On the way towards a preventive intervention for families at high risk of intergenerational violence. With S. Rusconi Serpa. In the book: Embodiment. An innovative concept for Development Research and Psychoanalysis. M. Leuzinger- Bohleber, R.N. Emde, R. Pfeifer (ed.) Göttingen, 2013. Cambridge University Press. 230-263.
  • When parenting Becomes unthinkable: intervening with traumatized parents and Their toddlers. With E. Willheim. In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 48 (3 ) / 2009, ISSN 0890-8567, pp. 249-253.
  • Schechter et al: Distorted maternal mental representations and atypical behavior in a clinical sample of violence - exposed mothers and Their toddlers. In: Journal of trauma & dissociation. 9 (2 ) / 2008, ISSN 1529-9740, pp. 123-147.
  • Schechter et al: Traumatized mothers can change Their Minds about Their toddlers: Understanding how a novel use of video feedback supports positive change of maternal attributions. In: Infant mental health journal. 27 (5 ) / 2006, ISSN 0163-9641, pp. 429-447.
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