Dr. Alexander M Scharko MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
34th & Civic Center Blvd Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Alexander Scharko practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Scharko evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Scharko seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
New Jersey College of Dentistry 1993
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-induced sexual dysfunction in adolescents: a review.
- Case study: delirium in an adolescent girl with human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia.
- DSM psychiatric disorders in the context of pediatric HIV/AIDS.
- Prolonged QTc interval in a 14-year-old girl with escitalopram overdose.
- A description of 200 consecutive admissions to an adolescent male treatment unit.
- Boarding of pediatric psychiatric patients is a no-fly zone for value.
- Treatment of delirium in the context of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibody encephalitis.
- Cat ownership and schizophrenia.
- Mental Health Conditions and Symptoms in Pediatric Hospitalizations: A Single-Center Point Prevalence Study.
- Functional gamma delta T-lymphocyte defect associated with human immunodeficiency virus infections.
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Eating Disorders
- Anorexia
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