Gerald Hurowitz
Biography
Gerald Hurowitz is a psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, and Associate Director of The Helix Center. He holds an M.D. from Jefferson Medical College and a Master's degree in Philosophy from NYU, with a B.A. in Physics and Philosophy from Yale University. He has maintained a full-time clinical practice in psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatry in New York City for over 30 years.
Sample Works
Roundtable Appearances
March 20, 2021 · ▶ Video
Panacea or Poison: Placebos and Nocebos in Modern Medicine
The roundtable explores how placebos "work" for medical conditions despite being inert substances. It examines the mind-body connection, asking: "what is the work they do?" The...
Luana Colloca, Kathryn Hall, Gerald Hurowitz, Robert Klitzman
February 29, 2020 · ▶ Video
How Deep Do We Go? Behavior, Mind, and The 4-Billion-Year History of Life
This roundtable examined Joseph LeDoux's book The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. The core premise challenges conventional...
Joseph LeDoux, Kristen Lindquist, Karl Joseph Niklas, Gerald Hurowitz, David Rosenthal
April 21, 2018 · ▶ Video
Boredom
The roundtable explored philosophical and scientific perspectives on boredom, referencing classical definitions: Schopenhauer's characterization as "a tame longing without any...
John Eastwood, Jacqueline Gottlieb, Gerald Hurowitz, Mark Polizzotti, Josefa Ros Velasco