Roberto Olivardia, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and lecturer in psychology at Harvard Medical School. He maintains a private practice in Lexington, Massachusetts, specializing in the treatment of ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), as well as issues that face students with learning disabilities, such as anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Olivardia is an internationally recognized expert in eating disorders in males. He is co-author of The Adonis Complex, which explores issues with male body image. He has appeared in publications such as Time, GQ, and Rolling Stone, and he has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN, and VH1. He presents at webinars and conferences around the country.
Olivardia serves on the professional advisory boards for CHADD, the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), and the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders. He is on the scientific advisory board for ADDitude Magazine and is an active member of Decoding Dyslexia–Massachusetts.