Richard H. Hoffmann
Richard Horace Hoffmann (1887–1967) was a New York psychiatrist with a reputation for specializing in the treatment of patients with alcoholism. He was known for treating high-profile patients and was often referred to in the media as a "Park Avenue psychiatrist". Among his more famous patients was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Career Psychiatric practice Although Hoffmann treated both rich and poor he became known for his high-profile patients and was often referred to in the media as a "Park Avenue psychiatrist". Hoffmann studied psychiatry in Vienna shortly after the turn of the century. He continued as a working psychiatrist into his seventies. In the 1940s, he was psychiatric advisor to the District Attorney of Nassau County. Among the more famous cases on which he consulted were the Creighton-Applegate poison case and the Lindbergh kidnapping. He was a frequent consultant on the stories of the day to the New York city media. Hoffmann's name was often spelled in media accounts o ...
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