Richard Esser

Richard Esser worked for over forty years as a specialist in adult psychiatry, child psychiatry and narcotics abuse. His major work in the United States included ten years at a psychiatric center in Harlem (New York City), where he worked closely with the eminent psychologist Kenneth B. Clark. For part of this time he was on the faculty of the Cornell Medical College. After moving to Sweden in 1970, he held senior positions at university hospitals in Stockholm and Malmo. In 1974 he carried out a three-month WHO survey of narcotics abuse in the Philippines and subsequently he participated in several WHO seminars. He has published a number of articles on the subject of psychiatric prevention.