Wallace B. Mendelson, M.D.
Wallace Mendelson, MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology (ret) at the University of Chicago. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American Academy of Neuropsychopharmacology. He was the director of the Section on Sleep Studies at the National Institute of Mental Health, the Sleep Disorders Center at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and the Sleep Research Laboratory at the University of Chicago.
He is the author of seven books and numerous professional papers. Among his honors have been the Academic Achievement Award from the American Sleep Disorders Association in 1999 and a special award for excellence in sleep and psychiatry from the National Sleep Foundation in 2010.
Dr. Mendelson's most recent books, Understanding Medicines for Anxiety and Understanding Antidepressants are available on Amazon. For more information on Dr. Mendelson and his work, click here.
How to Recognize the Many Different Forms of Anxiety
Anxiety: How to Decide Which Treatment is Best for You
Do Sleeping Pills Really Work? What Do the Studies Show?
Melatonin – Can it Help with Your Insomnia?
