Dr. Ragy R. Girgis M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
25 W 81st St Suite 1b New York NY, 10024Rating
2/5
About
Dr. Ragy Girgis is a psychiatrist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Girgis is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Girgis diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Girgis 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. Girgis treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2005
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- High-dose ziprasidone-induced acute dystonia.
- In vivo binding of antipsychotics to D3 and D2 receptors: a PET study in baboons with [11C]-(+)-PHNO.
- Imaging changes in glutamate transmission in vivo with the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 tracer [11C] ABP688 and N-acetylcysteine challenge.
- Dopamine release in chronic cannabis users: a [11c]raclopride positron emission tomography study.
- Striatal dopamine release in schizophrenia comorbid with substance dependence.
- Psychiatry resident/fellow-initiated and -designed multi-modal psychopharmacology curriculum for major depression.
- A randomized exploratory trial of an α-7 nicotinic receptor agonist (TC-5619) for cognitive enhancement in schizophrenia.
- Imaging glutamate in schizophrenia: review of findings and implications for drug discovery.
- Glutamatergic abnormalities in schizophrenia: a review of proton MRS findings.
- The cytokine model of schizophrenia: emerging therapeutic strategies.
- Family history of psychosis as a predictor or protective factor of social maladjustment in a population at clinical high risk for psychosis.
- Parental age and attenuated thought disorder in a cohort at clinical high risk for psychosis.
- Assessing suicidal ideation in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
- Various neurocognitive deficits and conversion risk in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.
- Novel Dopamine Therapeutics for Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia.
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