What is Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Robert Spitzer | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Leopold Spitzer | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|5|22}} | birth_place = [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|25|1932|5|22}} | death_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], US | nationality = American | alma_mater = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor's degree|BA]]),<br>[[New York University School of Medicine]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) | work_institution = [[Columbia University]] | known_for = Modernizing [[classification of mental disorders]], recognizing [[homosexuality]] as a non-mental disorder | influences = [[Wilhelm Reich]] | influenced = | movement = | field = [[Psychiatry]] | spouse = Janet Williams<br><small>(?-2015; his death)</small> }} '''Robert Leopold Spitzer'''<ref>[http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opsc2a?profcd=60&plicno=080978&namechk=SPI Professional License Verification] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113095458/http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opsc2a?profcd=60&plicno=080978&namechk=SPI |date=2016-01-13 }}, New York State Education Department</ref> (May 22, 1932 – December 25, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] psychiatrist. He was a professor of [[psychiatry]] at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. He was a major figure in the development of the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] (DSM). He helped remove [[homosexuality]] as a [[mental disorder]]. Spitzer was born in [[White Plains, New York]]. He studied at [[Cornell University]] and at [[New York University School of Medicine]]. He worked at [[Columbia University]] until his retirement in 2010. Spitzer died of [[heart disease]] at his home in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Spitzer, 'Most Influential Psychiatrist,' Dies at 83|year=2015|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/new