Lawrence Amsel

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Lawrence is the child of Holocaust survivors, which has been a key influence in every corner of his life. He received a classic old-world Yeshiva education (largely in Yiddish) with its emphasis on Talmud and ethical behavior. He is currently an academic psychiatrist on the faculty of Columbia University, where he focuses on intergenerational psychological trauma, and the applications of Behavioral Economics to psychiatry. He has been interested in how psychiatric concepts apply to broader institutional interactions and social pathologies.