He previously served as Chief Psychologist at the Westfield, Massachusetts Child Guidance Center and in various positions at the National Instutute of Mental Health (NIMH), among them Special Assistant to the Director, Chief of the Community Mental Health Support Branch, Associate Director of the Division of Mental Health Service Programs, Training director for the Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment (D/ART) Program, and as Clinical Director of the NIMH Eating Disorders Program. [1]"Although students with eating disorders may display deteriorating school performance, anorexic young women often have perfectionist attitudes which enable them to maintain high levels of academic achievement, despite their being seriously malnourished."