Dr. Steven S Sharfstein MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
6501 N Charles St Sheppard Pratt Physi Towson MD, 21204About
Dr. Steven Sharfstein is a psychiatrist practicing in Towson, MD. Dr. Sharfstein is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Sharfstein diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Sharfstein 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. Sharfstein treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1968
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluating and treating violent adolescents in the managed care era.
- Soteria and the medical marketplace.
- Impact of benefit limits and managed care on discharge plans and outcome: a research design and preliminary results.
- Dramatic changes in care: the experience of one psychiatric hospital.
- Insurance and insurability for mental health services.
- Mental health service policy and program evaluation: living in sin?
- Dispelling myths about mental health benefits.
- The clinical consequences of payment limitations: the experience of a private psychiatric hospital.
- Developing guidelines for program evaluation capability in community mental health centers.
- The economic value of treatment for depression.
- In the year 2099...
- Whatever happened to community mental health?
- Ethics in managed care.
- Bob Dorwart's legacy.
- Integrating community psychiatry into residency training.
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