Parapsychologist

Aristide Henri Esser, M.D. was born in 1930 in Java, Indonesia, lived through the Japanese occupation in World War II, and was afterwards educated in the Netherlands. He obtained his M.D. in 1955 from the University of Amsterdam Medical School, and specialized in Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Leyden Psychiatric Clinics. In 1961 he came to the USA as a Lederle International Fellow for psychiatric research at Yale University Medical School. Subsequently he was invited to join the staff of what is presently known as the New York State Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg NY. From 1962-69 he was Director of its Research Ward. He was asked to become Director of Research in Mental Retardation at New York State’s Letchworth Village, Thiells, NY, where he remained until 1971.

In 1971, Dr. Esser began a career in mental health services; first as Director of the Central Bergen Community Mental Health Center in Paramus NJ then as Medical Director of The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, a New York City residential treatment center for children and adolescents, and finally in different positions at New York State’s Bronx, and Rockland Psychiatric Centers, from which he retired in 1990.

Dr. Esser, a 1970 Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Qualified Psychiatrist in the State of New York, presently has an incorporated private practice in New City, NY. He is on the staff of Rye Hospital Center, Rye NY. He is Research Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at the New York University Medical School and Research Associate of the Nathan Kline Institute, where he helped develop the original Ancillary Enzyme Activation Treatment for chronic mental disorders. In 2002 he initiated a research project at Nijmegen University, the Netherlands, to identify Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) using brain imaging standardized methods of the Brain Resource Company, Sydney, Australia.

In 1958 Dr. Esser began systems-design research in the relationships between Behavior, Environment and Design. In 1968, he was a co-founder of the Association for the Study of Man-Environment Relations, and became Editor of its international journal: Man-Environment Systems. This journal received the International Design Award of the American Institute of Interior Design in 1973.

Dr. Esser has published extensively, both in medical and scientific journals and books and writing for the general public. His most recent co-authored trade books are Mental Illness: A Homecare Guide (New York: Wiley, 1989) and Chi Gong: The Ancient Chinese Way to Health (1990, second edition, Berkeley, CA, Blue Snake Books, 2008).
In 1960 Dr. Esser received a City of Leyden Travel Grant to visit mental hospitals in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. He also held a Lederle International Fellowship for Psychiatric Research at Yale University in 1961/62. Dr. Esser was a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and is a Life Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society of Biological Psychiatrists and other professional/scientific organizations. He has lectured worldwide, and is a contributing member of ICIS (International Center for Integrative Studies) New York.

Dr. Esser is listed in the New York Jury Verdict Reporter databank. Biographies are included in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, lst. Edition, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd. Edition Who’s Who in America, 46th edition, Who’s Who in the World, 11th Edition, and the Global Directory of Whos Who.

Dr, Esser published on territoriality in human and animal behavior, parapsychology (esp. telepathy and precognition) and philosophical issues. His recent interests are neurofeedback in the treatment of autism, background of Muslim terrorism (Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation), and the origin of dementia.

Dr. Essers recent research (submitted for publication): A. Vieveen, D. Spronk, M. Arns,
A.H. Esser, K, van der Hiele: Combined cognitive and ERP measures best predict future Mild Cognitive Impairment in elderly with subjective memory complaints.

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