David Viscott

David Viscott was an American psychiatrist, author, and media personality. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1938 and died in Studio City, California in 1996. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College and Tufts Medical School. He started a private practice in psychiatry in 1968 and later moved to Los Angeles in 1979. He was a professor of psychiatry at UCLA and founded and managed the Viscott Center for Natural Therapy. He was one of the first psychiatrists to host a talk radio show, and he also had a syndicated television show. He wrote several best-selling books, including Emotional Resilience and Intimate Relationships.