About the Author
Dr. Elias Aboujaoude is a psychiatry professor, researcher, and author at Stanford University, where he heads the Anxiety Disorders Section and OCD Clinic. He has also held positions at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the University of California in Berkeley, the University of California in San Francisco, and the University of York in the United Kingdom. Besides OCD, Dr. Aboujaoude’s research has focused on the interface between technology and psychology, both in its negative manifestations (e.g., video game addiction, online narcissism, cyberbullying, effects of online privacy violations) and positive applications (e.g., telemedicine, virtual reality therapy, AI-mediated digital therapeutics). His entrepreneurial projects include cofounding the first Silicon Valley video-enabled therapy platform.
In addition to peer-reviewed scientific publications and academic books, Dr. Aboujaoude has authored general-audience books, including
Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the e-Personality (a
New York Times Editors’ Choice) and articles for the
Wall Street Journal,
USA Today, the
Harvard Business Review, the
Financial Times, the
Chronicle of Higher Education, and
Fortune. His work has received broad coverage, including by the
New York Times, the
Wall Street Journal, the
Washington Post,
National Geographic,
TIME,
Newsweek,
Congressional Quarterly, NPR, CNN, ABC, NBC, and BBC. He has lectured in over 20 countries, including at scientific, specialty, or general-audience events (e.g., World Psychiatric Association, US Department of Defense, University of Miami convocation, Stanford Alumni Association).
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