Lester Grinspoon

Lester Grinspoon (June 24, 1928 - June 25, 2020) was an American psychiatrist. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts.

Grinspoon was an associate professor of psychiatry, Emeritus at Harvard Medical School. Grinspoon was senior psychiatrist at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts for 40 years.

Grinspoon was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychiatric Association. He was founding editor of The American Psychiatric Association Annual Review and Harvard Mental Health Letter. Grinspoon was editor of Harvard Mental Health Letter for fifteen years.

Grinspoon died on June 25, 2020, one day after his 92nd birthday.

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