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Xavier Amador was born on November 2, 1959 in the USA. He is a producer, known for Inside (2007), Undercover History (1997) and The Baby Borrowers (2008).

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Xavier Amador

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XAVIER AMADOR has a brother, Henry, who has chizophrenia. Dr. Amador is the Director of Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He is a world renown expert on the problem of poor insight into illness in individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He has published over 60 scientific articles and his work in this area has been translated into 16 languages by scientists world-wide. Dr. Amador has appeared on numerous television programs as an expert in this area and on mental illness more generally (NBC's Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, NBC Dateline, Fox News Channel, Court TV, A&E Network, Discovery Channel and PBS among others). He has been interviewed by the New York Times, U.S.A. Today, Los Angeles Times, Reader's Digest, The New Yorker, and many other publications. He has consulted

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2010

07/26 - Delaware, Newark

(Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health)

06/23 - President Carter Center. Atlanta, Georgia

06/18 - Dusseldorf, Germany

04/22 - Copenhagen, Denmark

03/12 - Montreal, Canada (Regional Health Authority)

01/23 - 01/25 - Turkey LEAP INSTITUTE

01/21 New York, NY

(New York State Office of Mental Health, ACT Center)

2009

02/01 - United Kingdom

02/06 - Dublin, Ireland

03/21 - Paris, France

03/19 - Budapest, Hungary

03/27 - Cordoba, Spain

04/23 - Minneapolis, Minnesota (University of Minnesota co-sponsor)

05/03 ? Midland, Michigan

05/29 ? Madison, Wisconsin

06/01 ? New York, New York (Manhattan Psychiatric Center)

06/05 ? Lisbon, Portugal

06/20 ? New York, New York (LEAP Training, Columbia University Lieber Clinic)

09/25 ? Valencia, Spain

09/28 ? Valencia, Spain

09/29 ? Sevilla, Spain

09/30 ? Barcelona, Spain

10/01 ? Madrid, Spain

10/10 ? Albany, New York

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About Dr. Amador

Dr. Amador is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist and leader in his field. His books, published clinical research, worldwide speaking tours and extensive work in schizophrenia, bipolar and other disorders have been translated into 30 languages. He is also the CEO of the Henry Amador Center on Anosognosia and a family caregiver of two close relatives with serious mental illness.

Author of many popular books including I am Right, You’re Wrong, Now What?; I am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!; and, When Someone You Love is Depressed: How to help without losing yourself; Dr. Amador draws on thirty years of experience as a therapist, his personal story, and published scientific research when giving advice.

His work as a leading individual, family, child and couples’ therapist has been featured on PBS NOVA, ABC Prime Time Live, and NBC Bravo where he has been filmed doing psychotherapy with couples and individuals.

From 1989 to 2002, Dr. Xavier Amador was on the medical school faculty at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 2002 Dr.