Keith Ablow

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Keith Ablow

Keith Ablow (born November 23, 1961 in Marblehead , Massachusetts , USA; full name Keith Russell Ablow ) is an American psychiatrist and writer .

Life

While studying at the Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore , he also freelanced for the local newspaper as well as for the Washington Post and Newsweek . He was also an editor and producer for Lifetime Medical Television .

After completing his training, he was medical director in various public institutions and practiced in his own clinic in Chelsea, Massachusetts . In addition, he continued to write articles for newspapers and magazines and from 1989 published a number of non-fiction books on the subject of psychiatry .

Ablow gained greater prominence as a psychological consultant in court cases, which has also made him a frequent guest on television programs such as Oprah and Larry King Live , where he comments and analyzes current cases and events. His popularity even gave him his own television show, the Dr. Keith Ablow Show . The talk show , which was first broadcast on September 11, 2006, was withdrawn from the program after a few months because the ratings did not meet expectations.

In addition to specialist books, Keith Ablow has also been writing a series of detective novels since 1997 . The protagonist of his books is the forensic psychologist Frank Clevenger from Massachusetts, who uses forensic psychiatry , which is a specialty of Ablow, to solve his cases . Six novels had been published by 2005, five of which were also published in German.

Keith Ablow is married with two children and lives near Boston .

Works

Non-fiction

  • How to Cope With Depression. A Complete Guide for You and Your Family . MacGraw-Hill, New York 1989, ISBN 0-07-016409-6 (with J. Raymond DePaulo).
  • Medical School. Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human . St. Martin's Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-312-04349-X (EA New York 1987).
  • To Wrestle With Demons. A Psychiatrist Struggles to Understand His Patients and Himself . American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC 1992, ISBN 0-88048-546-9 .
  • Anatomy of a Psychiatric Illness. Healing the Mind and Brain . American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC 1993, ISBN 0-88048-521-3 .
    • In the labyrinth of the soul. Recognize and treat mental disorders . Thieme Hippocrates Enke publishing house, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89373-317-5 .
  • The Strange Case of Dr. Kappler. The Doctor Who Became a Killer . Free Press, New York 1994, ISBN 0-02-900161-7 .
  • Without Mercy. The Shocking True Story of a Doctor Who Murdered . St. Martin's Press, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-312-95736-0 (EA New York 1996).
  • Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson. Contributing Forensic Psychiatrist on Court . St. Martin's Press, New York 2005, ISBN 0-312-35205-0 .
  • Living the Truth. Transform your Life through the Power of Insight and Honesty . Little Brown, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-3160-1781-7 .

Detective novels

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joel Brown: Show has Keith Ablow psyched . In: The Boston Globe, September 7, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Ablow, Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ablow, Keith Russell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychiatrist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Marblehead , Massachusetts , USA