Abraham Halpern
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Dr. Abraham L. Halpern (February 2, 1925 - April 20, 2013) was a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and former president of The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.[1]
In a wide-ranging career, Dr. Halpern was a champion of human rights especially in matters of law and mental health and was one of the founding leaders of the psychiatric sub-specialty of forensic psychiatry.
In 1965, Dr. Halpern participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches with Martin Luther King Jr., manning one of the ambulances in support of protestors.[2]
Dr. Halpern had been a long-standing 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 was a board member of Friends of Falun Gong, USA.[3] Halpern is also a very strong opponent of the death penalty; he has written extensively on the subject of physician participation in executions.[4] Halpern has also spoke out in defense of the curative benefits of psychoanalysis.[5] Halpern has advocated for the abolition of the insanity defense[6]