Maia Szalavitz

Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning journalist who covers health, science and public policy. She is the author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead Books, 2006) and co-author, with Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D., of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook (Basic Books, 2007).  She is also co-author, with Dr. Joseph Volpicelli, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania, of Recovery Options: The Complete Guide: How You and Your Loved Ones Can Understand and Treat Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (John S. Wiley, 2000). She is a Senior Fellow at Stats.org, a media watchdog which investigates coverage of science and statistics. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle, New York Magazine, New Scientist, Newsweek, Salon, Redbook, O: the Oprah Magazine and other major publications.

Contributions by author

Conference 2006: CO Conference Handbook with agenda, bios, & abstracts
Conference 2008: Philadelphia home
Help at Any Cost - Book Review by Steve K. D. Eichel, Ph.D.
Perry, Bruce, M.D., Ph.D., & Szalavitz, Maia: "Stairway to Heaven: Treating Children in the Crosshairs of Trauma"
Szalavitz, Maia- profile