Abraham Halpern

Dr. Abraham L. Halpern is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and former president of The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Dr. Halpern has been a member of the UN Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, representing both the International Council of Prison Medical Services and the World Psychiatric Association.

Halpern is a Board member of Friends of Falun Gong, USA

Awards Received

 * In 2000 Dr. Halpern was given the Human Rights Award from the American Psychiatric Association.


 * In 2003 he received the Medical Society State of New York's President's Citizenship Award.

Published Works

 * 'Soviet Psychiatry:An Exchange' (1989)


 * 'The Culture of Control' (2003)