Dr. Joshua L Roffman MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
55 Fruit St 149-2606 Massachusetts Genera Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Joshua Roffman is a psychiatrist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Roffman is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Roffman diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Roffman 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. Roffman treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 2001
University of Maryland At Baltimore / Professional Schools 2000
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Local and downstream effects of excitotoxic lesions in the rat medial prefrontal cortex on In vivo 1H-MRS signals.
- Distinguishing familiarity-based from source-based memory performance in patients with schizophrenia.
- Eight ball.
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and age of onset in schizophrenia: a combined analysis of independent samples.
- Biomarkers and personalized psychiatry.
- Smoking, but not malnutrition, influences promoter-specific DNA methylation of the proopiomelanocortin gene in patients with and without anorexia nervosa.
- In vivo imaging of adult human hippocampal neurogenesis: progress, pitfalls and promise.
- Vitamin supplementation in the treatment of schizophrenia.
- Correspondence of DNA Methylation Between Blood and Brain Tissue and Its Application to Schizophrenia Research.
- Introduction.
- Emerging Treatments in Schizophrenia: Highlights from Recent Supplementation and Prevention Trials.
- Disrupted Working Memory Circuitry in Schizophrenia: Disentangling fMRI Markers of Core Pathology vs Other Aspects of Impaired Performance.
- Neural determinants of human goal-directed vs. habitual action control and their relation to trait motivation.
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Dietary and Genetic Predictors of Blood Folate Levels in Healthy Young Adults.
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