
Dr. Irl L Extein M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
16244 Military Trl 325 Delray Beach FL, 33484About
Dr. Irl Extein is a psychiatrist practicing in Delray Beach, FL. Dr. Extein is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Extein diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Extein may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Extein treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1974
Yale School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- High doses of levothyroxine for refractory rapid cycling.
- Recent fluoxetine treatment and complications of tricyclic therapy.
- Bromocriptine treatment of cocaine withdrawal symptoms.
- Thyroid hormone potentiation of tricyclics.
- Hepatitis in 101 consecutive suburban cocaine and opiate users.
- The specificity of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) test and dexamethasone suppression test (DST) for major depressive illness in alcoholics.
- Specificity of the DST and the TRH test for major depression in alcoholics.
- Hypothesized neurochemical models for psychiatric syndromes in alcohol and drug dependence.
Awards
- South Florida Super Doctors 2011-2012
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Nearest Hospitals
DELRAY MEDICAL CENTERl
5352 LINTON BLVD DELRAY BEACH FL 33484BETHESDA HOSPITAL EASTl
2815 S SEACREST BLVD BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435