Dr. Xavier Amador Shares His Experiences Addressing Anosognosia

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Dr. Xavier Amador Shares His Experiences Addressing Anosognosia
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Jennifer Cohen interviews Xavier Amador, PhD, the CEO of the Henry Amador Center for Anosognosia. Dr. Amador has 30 years of experience as a clinical psychologist, researcher, author, and caregiver for people suffering with serious mental illnesses. Dr. Amador is the author of several books including, I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help: How to Help Someone Accept Treatment, and has authored or co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles. He is a frequent expert in both print and broadcast media. In this interview, Dr. Amador discusses the communication tools he has developed for assisting people with serious mental illnesses accept treatment, especially those patients who lack insight into their symptoms and disease, the ethics of overriding autonomy, the best ways to share information with clinicians while respecting confidentiality, and meeting the rising rates of mental illness in the US.