Stanley Turecki

Stanley Turecki, M.D., is a child and family psychiatrist, author, and lecturer. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certified in adult and child psychiatry, and has held clinical appointments at Beth Israel Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He founded the Difficult Child Program at Beth Israel in 1983 and the Difficult Child Center in Manhattan in 1985.

Turecki is the author of The Difficult Child and Normal Children Have Problems, Too: How Parents Can Understand and Help, which address children’s temperament, behavior, emotional development, and effective discipline.