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Dr. Steven Reiss
Steven Reiss was born on April 10, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York to Ben and Margaret Reiss, and is the second of three children. He graduated high school in 1964 from Plainview High School. After graduating high school he attended Dartmouth College where he received his Bachelor’s degree in 1968. Reiss continued his education with a focus in clinical psychology at Yale University where he earned his Ph.D in 1972. Following Yale, he interned at Harvard Medical School. From 1971 to 1990, he taught at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and at the Ohio State University from 1991 to 2008. His studies focused around intellectual disabilities. In 1971 Steven Reiss married Maggi Musico, a school psychologist and President of IDS Publishing Corporation. They have two adult children, Michael Reiss, M.A. and Benjamin Reiss, M.D. Maggi is a graduate of Smith College (A.B.) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (M.A.). Worked with N.Dickon Reppucci and attributes him as his mentor.

Career
Between the 1980s and 1990s Reiss accomplished extensive research on the mental health aspects of intellectual disabilities, or the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders and developmental disabilities. This work was cited to help give reason for hundreds of new psychiatric and psychological clinics in North America and Europe.

In 1985, he and Richard McNally co-developed the assembly of anxiety sensitivity. According to PsychInfo, more than 550 peer reviewed articles have been published on anxiety sensitivity. Reiss's "Anxiety Sensitivity Index" (ASI) is used to assess anxiety disorders in many thousands of patients every year and has been translated into 24 languages. The military is considering implementing the ASI to identify soldiers who may panic under conditions of combat.

In 1987 he organized the first-ever international research conference on the mental health features of intellectual disabilities. Reiss received three awards for volunteer efforts in the service of people with disabilities.

In 1988, he authored the Reiss Screen, a standardized assessment tool that has been used extensively to screen for the need for psychiatric services. Reiss gave a presentation before the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice and three invited presentations at the National Institutes of Health. The Reiss Screen is widely used to help diagnose panic disorders and Posttraumatic stress disorder.

In 1995, Reiss was diagnosed with a life-threatening autoimmune disease, and in 2002 he received a liver transplant at The Ohio State University Medical Center. With Linda Jones he started a national program to improve access to organ transplantation for people with intellectual disabilities.

In 2008, Reiss founded the World Society of Motivation Scientists and Professionals, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the science of motivation.

Over the years Dr. Reiss has made noticeable contributions and holds positions in various foundations and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Steven Reiss is the founder and chairperson of IDS Publishing Corporation, Executive Director of the World Society of Motivation Scientists and Professionals, and a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Director at Nisonger Center at Ohio State University. The Nisonger Center was founded in 1966 and is part of The Ohio State University Medical Center and Office of Health Sciences that helps persons with disabilities and their families. Dr. Steven Reiss' most current research and publications are over motivations and basic desires of humans. Two of his most recent books are The Reiss Motivation Profile: What Motivates You? and Myths of Intrinsic Motivation. The Motivation Profile gives insight into human’s most basic instincts and motivations while the book on myths provides a summary of errors researchers have made in studying intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

Publications
Academic Journal Publications
 * (1975) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Overjustification, Competing Responses, and the Acquisition of Intrinsic Interest. Reiss, S., & Sushinsky, L.W.
 * (1982) American Psychologist Emotionally Disturbed, Mentally Retarded People: An Undeserved Population. Reiss, S., Levitan, G.W., & McNally, R.J.
 * (1986) 'Behavior Research and Therapy Anxiety Sensitivity, Anxiety Frequency, and the Prediction of Fearfulness. Reiss, S., Peterson, R.A., Gursky, D.M., & McNally, R.J.
 * (1990) American Journal of Mental Deficiency Prevalence of Dual Diagnosis in Community-based Day Programs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Reiss, S.
 * (1997) Journal of Intellectual Disorders The International Consensus Process on Psychopharmacology and Mental Retardation. Reiss, S., & Aman, M.G.
 * (2004) Zygon The 16 Strivings for God. Reiss, S.
 * (2004) 'Review of General Psychology' Multifaceted Nature of Intrinsic Motivation: The Theory of 16 Basic Desires. Reiss, S.

Books
 * Who Am I? The 16 Basic Desires that Motivate Our Actions and Define Our Personalities (2000)
 * The Reiss Motivation Profile: What Motivates You? (2013)
 * Myths of Intrinsic Motivation (2013)

Honors and Awards

 * 1) American Association on Mental Retardation Distinguished Services Award(1988)
 * 2) American Association on Mental Retardation Distinguished Services Award(2003)
 * 3) Distinguished Research Award of the Arc of the United States(1991)
 * 4) NADD’s Frank Menolascino Award(2003)
 * 5) National Leadership Special Award from the Association of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities(2006)