Kenneth Paul Rosenberg

Kenneth Paul Rosenberg is an American psychiatrist known for his clinical work in addiction and psychotherapy and for his popular films and books.

Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Education	Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York University Cornell University Medical Center
Occupation(s)	psychiatrist, filmmaker
Notable work	Bedlam Cancer: Evolution to Revolution Through Madness
Website	DrKenRosenberg.com

Early life

Rosenberg was raised in Philadelphia, studied medicine in New York City, and completed his residency and addiction psychiatry fellowship at the Cornell University Medical Center, where he remains on faculty.^[1]

Career

Rosenberg was a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine^[2] while simultaneously studying documentary filmmaking at New York University^[3] to make verité documentaries under the tutelage of David W. Preven, to present compassionate and realistic portraits of patients for teaching medical students about the subjective experience of illness. He maintains a private practice^[4] specializing in addiction medicine in Manhattan.^[5]

Film

Rosenberg's first film for a non-professional audience, An Alzheimer's Story (1984), was directed and produced with veteran cinema verité editor Ruth Neuwald Falcon, praised in a review in The New England Journal of Medicine and shown on PBS. During his fellowship, a Cornell-based foundation started by Dr. Alan Manevitz, supported Rosenberg's fellowship in the Public Health and Psychiatry Departments at Cornell Medical College while he directed and produced his first film on serious mental illness, Through Madness (1992), which won a New York Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Programming.^[6] While developing his medical practice in addiction psychiatry, Rosenberg directed films for HBO — the Oscar Documentary Feature Shortlist film Why Am I Gay?: Stories of Coming Out in America (1994),^[7] co-produced with Lisa F. Jackson, Back from Madness (1996),^[8] and Drinking Apart (2000)^[9] — and won a Peabody Award^[10] as executive producer with Sheila Nevins for an HBO special on cancer treatment, Cancer: Evolution to Revolution (2000).^[11] His most recent film, Bedlam (2019), produced with Peter Miller, was shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Books

Rosenberg is co-editor with Laura Feder of the addiction textbook, Behavioral Addictions (2014),^[12] and he is the author of two trade books, Infidelity (2018)^[13] and Bedlam (2019),^[14] which was written with Jessica DuLong.

References

1. Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD. Weill Cornell Medicine.
2. Kenneth P. Rosenberg, MD. NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.
3. Dr. Kenneth P. Rosenberg. U.S. News & World Report.
4. Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg, MD. Healthgrades.
5. Upper East Health.
6. The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1992). "New York Emmy Award Winners 1991-1992". New York Emmy® Awards.
7. Scott, Tony (10 August 1993). "America Undercover Why Am I Gay? Stories of Coming Out in America". Variety.
8. Goodman, Walter (17 September 1996). "Keeping Demons at Bay, or Almost". The New York Times.
9. Roan, Shari (31 July 2000). "Alcohol Addiction Up Close". Los Angeles Times.
10. Cancer: Evolution to Revolution. The Peabody Awards.
11. Fries, Laura (28 March 2000). "Cancer: Evolution to Revolution". Variety.
12. Rosenberg, Kenneth Paul and Laura Curtiss Feder (6 March 2014). Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment. VIVO.
13. Tutela, Joy (15 May 2018). "Infidelity by Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg". JoyTutela.com.
14. Sederer, Lloyd I (24 September 2019). "Bedlam". Psychology Today.