Dr. Stephen Roy Shuchter MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2445 5th Avenue #402 San Diego CA, 92101About
Dr. Stephen Shuchter is a psychiatrist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Shuchter is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Shuchter diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Shuchter 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. Shuchter treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1969
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1969
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Bright light augments antidepressant effects of medication and wake therapy.
- Early psychological reaction to the stress of widowhood.
- Depression through the first year after the death of a spouse.
- Widowhood and anxiety.
- Anxiety and bereavement.
- Major Depression Associated With Widowhood.
- Widowhood. The continuing relationship with the dead spouse.
- The dexamethasone suppression test in acute grief.
- Time course of spousal bereavement.
- Reported suicidal behavior and current suicidal ideation in a psychiatric outpatient clinic.
- Uncomplicated bereavement.
- Aging and bereavement.
- Dating and remarriage over the first two years of widowhood.
- The many faces of depression following spousal bereavement.
- PTSD following bereavement.
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