Alen J. Salerian

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Alen J. Salerian, M.D., is a psychiatrist who lives and works in the Washington D.C. area. He is the medical director of the Washington Center for Psychiatry, the founder and President of the Sevag-Saleri Museum ^{[citation needed]}, the founder of the International Center for Evidence Based Teaching ^{[citation needed]}, and the former head of the FBI's Mobile Psychiatric Emergency response team. He received his medical degree from Istanbul University. [2]

Salerian has written for prominent academic journals and newspapers such as the Washington Post and the L.A. Times on several topics, including the mental health of U.S. presidents, Mike Tyson's psychosocial ordeals, and the rise of oxycodone abuse. He was the first psychiatrist to interview FBI Agent Robert Hanssen after Hanssen was arrested for espionage in 2001.Salerian was fined and suspended by Maryland medical authorities for improper disclosures in the Hanssen case. Underlying these media appearances has been a plea for more routine psychological care for both federal officials with high-pressure jobs and any person who shows signs of mental distress.

References[edit | edit source]

• Salerian, Alen J. "Their Annual Checkups Should Be Complete" Washington Post, page B03. 12 May 2002.
• Salerian, Alen J. and Gregory H. "A Review of FDR’s Mental Capacity During His Fourth Term and Its Impact on History"
• Salerian, Alen J. "Put A Psychiatrist in His Corner" L.A. Times, page B11. 11 February 2002. Purchasable at the L.A. Times website. [3]
• Salerian, Alen J. "The FBI Should Monitor Its Agents' Mental Health" Washington Post, page B01. 11 March 2001.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

• Simon, Cecilia Capuzzi. "A Walking Cure: Exercise May Treat Depression, and This Doctor Prescribes It". Washington Post, page HE01. 11 June 2002. Purchasable at the Washington Post website. [4]

• Leshan, Bruce Bruce. "Cell Phone Dangers" 13 July 2005.

• Buncombe, Andrew. "Roosevelt was 'mentally impaired' at Yalta" 21 February 2005.