02/28/99 News Center 4, WNBC, NY, "Hypnosis in Sports", interviewed by Dr. Ian Smith

10/98 Comcast, Michael Barhan, Tyson Decision by Nevada

06/98 CBS This Morning News, CBS TV, "Little League-Abuses, Athletes as Role Models", Interviewed by Mark McEwen

06/98 CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Company Morning Show, Toronto, "When Sports Go Over the Line", Interviewed by Dallas Grove

1997-1998 ABC CBS This Morning Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Canadian Radio U.S. Radio

10/30/97 Monmouth Cablevision Facts and Issues a) "Are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard?" b) "The Erosion of Sportsmanship and Decency in Sports"

6/30/97 Comcast Sports Talk - Phone interview with Bruce Beck regarding psychological aspects of the Tyson-Holyfield fight.

06/26/97 Comcast Family Talk "Youth Sports: Character Building or Child Abuse?" Interviewed by Mary Amoroso

06/27/97 Comcast Newsmakers - Interviewed by Lynne Doyle a) "Are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard?" b) "Youth Sports" (aired in late August 1997)

05/27/97 Good Morning San Diego - KGTV - "Are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard?"

1988 Why Super Bowl Champs Can't Repeat, "Super Bowl Special", on New Jersey Network

1987 Resident Sports Psychiatrist, "Putting 1st Things 1st", Weekly Cable TV Health and Fitness Show shown in New York and New England.

1984 Sports Psychology", Time Out, Cable Television Network of New Jersey.

1984 "Violence in Sports", Straight Talk, WOR-TV, New York City.

06/98 Post Toronto Radio Tour, "When Sports Goes Over The Line"

05/19/67 "Are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard?" - 1 Minute Radio Interview

1998 Taking The Sports History. In Sport Psychiatry. Begel D., and Burton R. Norton Publishers, 1999

October 1998 LITTLE LEAGUE: Historical Conflicts and Dilemmas Developmental and Psychiatric Implications. In Child and Adolescent Clinics of North America, Sport Psychiatry, vol. 7, # 4, Ian Tofler (Ed.) WB Saunders

Solicited Articles

January 1998 "Taking the Fun Out of Youth Sports", Psychiatric Times

Op-Ed

06/29/97 "Out of Williamsport, Into the Parent Trap", New York Times.

April 1978 "Opening Day and 12 Years Old", The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Opinion and Review, Philadelphia, PA.

Letters to the Editor

1992 "What's Wrong with Little League Baseball Coaches", USA Today.

"Rutgers and it's Critical Coach", New York Times

"Psychological Aspects of the Swimsuit Issue", Sports Illustrated

1993 "Buffalo Bills No Disgrace", New York Times.

1989 "Find Romance (and Fitness) on the Run", February 12th.

1986 "Families Run Together and Enter the Marathon", October 29th

1981 "Violence by Fans Shows and Ugly Side of Baseball", July 27th

1989 "A Portrait of Loyalty", December 28th

QUOTED AND INTERVIEWED BY REUTERS HEALTH LINE:

5/30/97 "Helping Children Love, Not Loathe, Sports"

1998 Joe Zedalis
Michael Amsel

Joni Falk

PRESENTATIONS:

February 2000 Chairman, Symposium, "Group Dynamics and Athletic Success", American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles February 18, 2000.

May 1999 Chairman, Symposium, "Psychiatric Disorders in a Special Population: The Athlete", American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1999.

March 1999 Charlee Tobe, Brooklyn College

1999 Steve Acunto, Westchester Community College

June 1998 Optimal Performance Institute

September 1998 Tom Newmark, "When Sports Goes Over The Line", Cooper Hospital

June 1998 Chairman, Symposium, "When Sports Goes Over The Line", Presenter: "Athlete to Athlete Violence", American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, June 2, 1998. Chairman and Presenter, "Little League or Major League: Who Can Tell at Times?"

Discussant, Media Presentation, "When They Were Kings", American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, June 3, 1998

May 1997 Judy Berg, Independent Educational Consultants Association

June 1997 Chairman, Symposium, "Youth Sports: Character Building or Child Abuse?" American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. Discussant, Media Presentation, "Little League or Major League: Who Can Tell at Times?" American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, June 1997

August 1988 Psychiatrist, Sports Medicine Forum, Asbury Park 10K run, Asbury Park, NJ

1979, 1988 Main Lecturer and Course Director, Sports Psychology Course, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ

April 1985 "Handling the Problem Athlete", American Red Cross Sports Medicine Symposium, Brookdale Community College.

1985 Children's Psychiatric Center, Guest Lecturer, Group Therapy Workshop, Eatontown, NJ

April 1984 "Psychological Aspects of Sports Injuries", American Red Cross Sports Medicine Symposium, Brookdale Community College.

1977 - 1982 Lecturer, La Maze Childbirth Classes, "Emotional Aspects of Pregnancy", Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

1976 - 1979 Lecturer to Hahnemann Medical Students, "Personality" and "Personality Disorders", Monmouth Medical Center. Long Branch, NJ

November 1976 Lecturer to Medical Students, "Paranoia", Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

September 1976 Lecturer to Medical Students, "Family Therapy", Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

September 1976 Guest Lecturer, "Family Therapy", Lyons VA Hospital, Lyons, NJ

July 1973 Guest Lecturer, Grand Rounds, "Family Therapy", Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch NJ

May 1973 Guest Lecturer, "The Initial Interview in Family Therapy", Children 's Psychiatric Center, Eatontown, NJ

August 1966 "Compulsive Phenomena in Hospitalized Alcoholics", Cofield, R.; Kamm, R.' Lipscomb, W.; Weir, R.; Read at the Symposium for Fellows in Epidemiology, Berkeley, California.

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