GERALD OTIS
Author | Las Cruces, NM, USA
Gerald D. Otis was born in Northfield, Minnesota, graduated from Northfield High School, attended St. Olaf College for two years, and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Arizona in 1966. After completing a clinical internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, Ca.... more
Gerald D. Otis was born in Northfield, Minnesota, graduated from Northfield High School, attended St. Olaf College for two years, and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Arizona in 1966. After completing a clinical internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, California he joined the University of New Mexico School of Medicine leading a research team in a longitudinal study of the career decision-making process of medical students and physicians, taught classes, and maintained a clinical practice. For 10 years after Dr. Otis left the University, he maintained a private clinical practice while designing and constructing sculptural furniture and developing computer programs for statistical analysis. During his years as a psychologist, he published results of research on incidental learning, the interaction of stress and personality, family psychotherapy, physician career choice, psychological type and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, post-traumatic stress disorder, and trends in violent death. He received two awards from the Association for Psychological Type and several awards for his efforts at fine woodworking. Following 16 years working for the Veterans Administration in Medford, Oregon, where he specialized in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, Dr. Otis retired from clinical practice and now lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico with his wife Connie. He has authored six books: Joseph Lee Heywood: His Life and Tragic Death (2012), Paroxysm: Love, Murder, and Justice in Post-Civil War Washington, DC. (2013), Presumed Crazy: A Fisherman Gets Entangled in the Mental Health Gulag (2014), Physician Career Choice and Satisfaction (2019 with Naomi L. Quenk), Down the Cannon (2020), and the current Vetlandia (2024).