The Mind Field: A prominent psychiatrist helps the famous and infamous

From kings to criminals, politicians to prostitutes, Dr. Alen J. Salerian explored the darker edges of the human mind as a high-profile psychiatrist. But he had no idea just how dark it could get-until he was sent to interview a mass murderer 15 years ago.

Diagnosis Missing: The FBI Should Monitor Its Agents’ Mental Health

The Washington Post – Outlook Section
March 11, 2001
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
In the mid-1990s, the FBI sent me to a Southern city to do a psychological evaluation of one of its undercover agents. The reason: The agent was having an affair with a member of the criminal organization he was investigating.
I spent about a week [...]

Behavioral Scientists Gather in Washington, DC

Behavioral Scientists Gather in Washington, DC
The Armenian Reporter International
October 1, 2005
(about Alen J. Salerian, MD’s reception of an award)
On Friday evening, August 19, 2005, Armenian psychologists convened at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel for the seventeenth gathering of the Armenian Behavioral Science Association (ABSA). This two-part gathering was part of the 113th annual convention of [...]

Shed Light on Psychiatric Woes

USA Today
August 5, 2001
by Alen J. Salerian, MD
In the months since Robert Hanssen’s February arrest for spying, there’s been plenty of second-guessing and finger-pointing, most directed at either the FBI, which failed to identify him as a security risk, or at the priest who chose not to divulge a confession the former FBI agent made [...]