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Beginning with his work on stress/fear hormones and his textbook on “Psychological Emergencies of Childhood” (Kliman, G. 1968, Ed. by Leo Bellak MD, Grune and Stratton, NY), Dr. Kliman has established his pioneering status and expertise in the field of understanding, preventing and treating psychological damage to children. Here is a list of publications which establish him as an expert who has never failed to pass a voir dire in the fields of child and adolescent psychiatry, trauma, long and short term treatment techniques for traumatized persons.

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Stress and Trauma

Adrenal Medullary Function,” in G. Gordon Yearbook of Endocrinology, Yearbook Publishers, 1955.
Psychological Emergencies of Childhood,” Grune and Stratton, New York, 1968.
Children and the Death of a President, Editor and Contributor,” (with Martha Wolfenstein, Ph.D.), Doubleday & Company, New York, 1965.
Oedipal Themes in Children’s Reactions to the Assassination of President Kennedy,” in Wolfenstein and Kliman, Children and the Death of a President, Doubleday, New York, 1965.
Sharing Truths for Mental Health,” in Mental Health in Our Daily Life. Mental Health Association, White Plains, New York, 1966.
Teacher Recognition of Psychiatric Needs Among Preschoolers,” The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, 1968.
A Psychiatrist Speaks Out: 3,000 Blighted Children of Westchester,” The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, 1969.
On a Vacuum in Mental Health Practices,” The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, 1969.

Treatment Techniques

Psychological Management of the Dying Child,” in W. Kutscher (Ed.) Death and Bereavement, Charles C. Thomas Company, Springfield, Ill. 1969.
The Unique Function of the Teacher in an Experimental Therapeutic Nursery School” (with Doris Ronald), The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, White Plains, New York, 1970.
The Cornerstone Treatment of a Preschool Boy from an Extremely Impoverished Environment” (with Thomas Lopez, Ph.D.), The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Vol. 35, The New York Times Press, New York, 1980.
Reflective Network Therapy in the Preschool Classroom” University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2011.

Parenting And Family Psychiatry

Preventive Mental Health Services for Children Entering Foster Family Care: An Assessment,” (with M. Harris Schaeffer, and M. Friedman). The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, White Plains, New York, 1982.
Summary of Two Psychoanalytically Based Service and Research Projects: Preventive Treatments for Foster Children,” with M. Harris Schaeffer, Ph.D. J. of Preventive Psychiatry, Vol. II, No. 1, 1983.
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Three New Areas in Litigation on behalf of Children,” in Child Psychiatry and the Law, Diane Schekty, Editor, Volume 2, Bruner/Mazel, New York, 1985.
Preventive Psychiatry: Early Intervention and Situational Crisis Management,” co-editor, with S.C. Klagsbrun, M.D., E.J. Clark, Ph.D., others. The Charles Press, Philadelphia, 1989.
My Earthquake Story: A Guided Workbook for Children, Parents and Teachers,” with Harriet Wolfe, M.D. and Edward Oklan, M.D. Psychological Trauma Center Press, Kentfield, CA. October, 1989.
Facilitation of Mourning During Childhood,” chapter in Preventive Psychiatry: Early Intervention and Situational Crisis Management. (Eds) S. Klagsbrun, G. Kliman, E. Clark, A. Kutscher, R. DeBellis, C. Lambert. The Charles Press, Philadelphia, 1989.
The Open Family Series,” (Consultant Editor, with Sarah Bonnett Stein, author). A series of five books entitled About Dying, Making Babies, That New Baby, A Hospital Story, and About Handicaps, Walker Publishing Co., New York, 1974.

Loss Of Consortium/ Loss Of Parental Services/ Wrongful Death

Death in the Family—Its Impact on Children,” Terry Friedman Klein Memorial Lecture. Behavioral Sciences Tape Library, Leonia, New Jersey, 1974.
Death of a Parent Occurring During a Child’s Analysis,” in Trauma: Monograph V of the Monograph Series of the Ernst Kris Study Group, New York, 1974.
“A Case of a Dying Child,” in Trauma: Monograph V of the Monograph Series of the Ernst Kris Study Group, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, International Universities Press, New York, 1974.
Analyst in the Nursery: Application of Child Analytic Techniques in a Therapeutic Nursery,” The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Volume 30, New York Times Publishing Company, 1975.
A Study of Maternal Depression in the First Two Years of Life: A Possible Contributing Factor in the Etiology of Infantile Psychosis and Neurosis,” (with Judyth Katz), The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, White Plains, New York, 1975.
Preventive Measures in Childhood Bereavement,” in Linzer, N. Understanding Bereavement and Grief, Yeshiva University Press, New York, 1977.
Childhood Mourning: A Taboo Within a Taboo,” in Gerber, I., Wiener, A., Kutscher, A., et al., Perspectives on Bereavement, MSS Information Corporation, New York, 1979.
Mourning, Memory, and Reconstruction: The Analysis of a Four-Year-Old Maternally Bereaved Girl at Age Sixteen Months,” (With Thomas Lopez, Ph.D.), in The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Volume 34, The New York Times Press, New York, 1979.
Facilitation of Mourning During Childhood,” in Gerber, I., Wiener, A., Kutscher, A., et al., Perspectives on Bereavement, MSS Information Corporation, New York, 1979.
Three New Areas in Litigation on behalf of Children,” in Child Psychiatry and the Law, Diane Schekty, Editor, Volume 2, Bruner/Mazel, New York, 1985.
Responsible Parenthood: The Child’s Psyche Through the Six-Year Pregnancy,” Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, 1980.
Death: Some Implications in Child Development and Child Analysis,” in Advances in Thanatology, Vol. 4, No. 2, Arno Press, New York, 1980.
Facilitation of Mourning During Childhood,” chapter in Preventive Psychiatry: Early Intervention and Situational Crisis Management. (Eds) S. Klagsbrun, G. Kliman, E. Clark, A. Kutscher, R. DeBellis, C. Lambert. The Charles Press, Philadelphia, 1989.
Toward Preventive Intervention in Early Childhood Object Loss,” chapter in Noshpitz, H. and Coddington, D. (Eds) Stressors and Clinical Techniques in Child Psychiatry. Charles Thomas, NY, 1990.
Brief Report: Loss of Parental Services—A Guide to Categorization,” J. Preventive Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 4:1, 1990. Human Sciences Press, NYC 
(2003) Discussion of Reactive Attachment Disorder. Developmental Pediatrics.

Disaster Response

My Earthquake Story: A Guided Workbook for Children, Parents and Teachers,” with Harriet Wolfe, M.D. and Edward Oklan, M.D. Psychological Trauma Center Press, San Francisco, CA. October, 1989.
My Book about Kosovo – a Guided Activity Workbook for Kosovo Children, Families, and their Teachers,” English and Albanian Editions, 1999, CPHC, San Francisco.
My Book about the Attack on America,” A Guided Activity Workbook for Children, Families and Teachers, coauthored with Ed Oklan, M.D. and Ann Oklan, M.D. 2001, CPHC, San Francisco.
Helping Patients and their Families Cope in a National Disaster,” The S.F. Medical Society, January 2002. Reprinted in J. L.A. Medical Society, March 2002.
My Personal Story About Hurricanes Katrina and Rita – a guided activity workbook to help coping, learning and Healthy expression,” The Children’s Psychological Health Center, Sept. 24, 2005 San Francisco. Derivative editions by Mercy Corps, Portland, OR.
My Personal Story About Tropical Storm Stan,” English Ed. Feb. 24, 2006, The Children’s Psychological Health Center. Spanish Translation “ Mi Historia De La Tormenta Stan” Feb. 2006
 Israeli Edition: My Book About Terror Attacks.
My Personal Story about the Sichuan Earthquake” – a guided activity workbook to help coping, learning and healthy expression. Mandarin and English editions. Derivative editions by Mercy Corps, Portland, OR. 2005
My Personal Story About the Earthquake in Haiti” – a guided activity workbook to help coping, learning and healthy expression. Creole, French and English editions. CPHC San Francisco, CA 2010.
Healing and Resilience: An Activity Book for Latino Children Impacted by Deportation” – a guided activity workbook, initially created in April 2014 as part of a doctoral research project at William James College (formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology). Author: Lauren Utter, Psy.D. Translated into Spanish by Laura Kompel-Morrison, Psy.D
Recuperacion y Resilencia: Un Libro de Actividades para los Niños Impactados por la Deportacion” – un libro de actividades. Este documento fue construido inicialmente por la autora en abril del 2014 como parte de la tesis de doctorado en William James College (previamente Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology) Autora: Lauren Utter, Psy.D. Traducido por Laura Kompel-Morrison, Psy.D
My Personal Story About the California Wildfires” A Guided Activity Workbook for School Children, Family and Teachers. Gilbert Kliman, M.D., Edward Oklan, M.D., Ari Oklan, Ph.D. Harriet Wolfe, M.D., and Jodie Kliman, Ph.D.

Foster Care

Children in Foster Care: A Preventive Service and Research Program for a High Risk Population,” (with M. Harris Schaeffer, Murray J. Friedman, and Bernard G. Pasquariella). The Journal of Preventive Psychiatry, Volume I: 1, 1981.
 Editorial(s). The Journal of Preventive Psychiatry. Volume I, 1981-1982, Volume II, 1983-4, Volume III, 1985-7, Volume IV, in press.
Preventive Mental Health Services for Children Entering Foster Family Care: An Assessment,” (with M. Harris Schaeffer, and M. Friedman). The Center for Preventive Psychiatry, White Plains, New York, 1982.
Summary of Two Psychoanalytically Based Service and Research Projects: Preventive Treatments for Foster Children,” with M. Harris Schaeffer, Ph.D. J. of Preventive Psychiatry, Vol. II, No. 1, 1983.

Preventive Psychiatry: Early Intervention and Situational Crisis Management,” co-editor, with S.C. Klagsbrun, M.D., E.J. Clark, Ph.D., others. The Charles Press, Philadelphia, 1989.
A Methodologic Breakthrough: The Saga of Delivering Effective Primary Preventive Psychotherapy to Groups of Foster Children,” J. Preventive Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 4:1, 1990. Human Sciences Press, NYC.
The Rise of Adolf Hitler and Other Genocidal Leaders—Psychoanalytic and Historical Symposium (Summary),” J. Preventive Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 4:1,1990. Human Sciences Press, NYC.
A Breakthrough in Prediction and Prevention: Diagnoses as Social Predictors for Foster Children” Kliman, G. and M.H. Schaeffer, Ph.D. J. Preventive Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 4:1, 1990 Human Sciences Press, NYC.
My Flood Story—a Guided Activity Workbook for Children, Families and Teachers,” co-authored with Edward Oklan, M.D., Family Development Press, 1010 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Kentfield, CA 94960.
My Earthquake Story, A Guided Activity Workbook for Children, Families and Teachers,” co-authored with Harriet Wolfe, M.D., Preventive Psychiatry Associates Medical Group, Inc., 2105 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 and Edward Oklan, M.D., Family Development Press, 1010 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Kentfield, CA 94960.
Field Notes: Foster Care: The Personal Life History Book: A Psychoanalytically Based Intervention for Foster Children,” Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, Fall 1996 1:2. 159-162.
Use of a Personal Life History Book in the Treatment of Foster Children–An Attempt to Enhance Stability of Foster Care Placements” Kliman G and Zelman A. (1996). Chapter in Zelman A (ed).
Early Intervention with High-Risk Children: Freeing Prisoners of Circumstance” Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ. 105-124.
Cornerstone Project: Analysis in Special Ed Classes,” The American Psychoanalyst, 1997. 31:2. 27-28

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