ARISTIDE H. ESSER, M.D., L.F.A.P.A.
Psychiatrist / Public Intellectual
Co-founder
of:
The Association for the Study of
Man-Environment Relations & The
International Center for
Integrative Studies
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ARISITIDE H. ESSER M.D.
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ARISTEIDE H. ESSER M.D.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Aristide Henri Esser, M.D.
was born in 1930 in Java, Indonesia, lived
through the Japanese occupation in World War
II, and was afterwards educated in the
Netherlands. He obtained his M.D. in 1955
from the University of Amsterdam Medical
School, and specialized in Psychiatry and
Neurology at the University of Leyden
Psychiatric Clinics. In 1961 he came to the
USA as a Lederle International Fellow for
psychiatric research at Yale University
Medical School. Subsequently he was invited
to join the staff of what is presently known
as the New York State Nathan Kline Institute
for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg NY.
From 1962-69 he was Director of its Research
Ward. He was asked to become Director of
Research in Mental Retardation at New York
State's Letchworth Village, Thiells, NY,
where he remained until 1971.
In 1971, Dr. Esser began a
career in mental health services; first as
Director of the Central Bergen Community
Mental Health Center in Paramus NJ then as
Medical Director of The Mission of the
Immaculate Virgin, a New York City
residential treatment center for children
and adolescents, and finally in different
positions at New York State's Bronx, and
Rockland Psychiatric Centers, from which he
retired in 1990.
Dr. Esser, a 1970 Diplomate
of the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology and a Qualified Psychiatrist in
the State of New York, presently has an
incorporated private practice in New City,
NY. He is on the staff of Rye Hospital
Center, Rye NY. He is Research Professor of
Psychiatry Emeritus at the New York
University Medical School and Research
Associate of the Nathan Kline Institute,
where he helped develop the original
Ancillary Enzyme Activation Treatment for
chronic mental disorders. In 2002 he
initiated a research project at Nijmegen
University, the Netherlands, to identify
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) using brain
imaging standardized methods of the Brain
Resource Company, Sydney, Australia.
In 1958 Dr. Esser began
systems-design research in the relationships
between Behavior, Environment and Design. In
1968, he was a co-founder of the Association
for the Study of Man-Environment Relations,
and became Editor of its international
journal: Man-Environment Systems.
This journal received the International
Design Award of the American Institute of
Interior Design in 1973.
Dr. Esser has published
extensively, both in medical and scientific
journals and books and writing for the
general public. His most recent co-authored
trade books are Mental Illness: A
Homecare Guide (New York: Wiley, 1989)
and Chi Gong: The Ancient Chinese Way to
Health (1990, second edition, Berkeley,
CA, Blue Snake Books, 2008).
In 1960 Dr. Esser received
a City of Leyden Travel Grant to visit
mental hospitals in Switzerland, Austria and
Germany. He also held a Lederle
International Fellowship for Psychiatric
Research at Yale University in 1961/62. Dr.
Esser was a Life Fellow of the American
Psychiatric Association and is a Life Fellow
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the Society of
Biological Psychiatrists and other
professional/scientific organizations. He
has lectured worldwide, and is a
contributing member of ICIS (International
Center for Integrative Studies) New York.
Dr. Esser is listed in the
New York Jury Verdict Reporter databank.
Biographies are included in Who's Who in
Medicine and Healthcare, lst. Edition,
Who's Who in Science and Engineering,
2nd. Edition Who's Who in America,
46th edition, Who's Who in the World,
11th Edition, and the Global Directory of
Who’s Who.
Dr, Esser published on
territoriality in human and animal behavior,
parapsychology (esp. telepathy and
precognition) and philosophical issues. His
recent interests are neurofeedback in the
treatment of autism, background of Muslim
terrorism (Indonesia is the largest Muslim
nation), and the origin of dementia.
Dr. Esser’s
recent research (submitted for
publication): A. Vieveen, D. Spronk, M.
Arns,
A.H. Esser, K, van der Hiele:
Combined cognitive and ERP measures best
predict future Mild Cognitive Impairment in
elderly with subjective memory complaints.
Office: Aristide H. Esser,
M.D.
Psychiatry P.C.
337 North Main Street,
Suite #2
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