Dr. Stephen Kern Firestein M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
8 E 96th St New York NY, 10128About
Dr. Stephen Firestein is a psychiatrist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Firestein is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Firestein diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Firestein 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. Firestein treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1951
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Patient anxiety and dental practice.
- Teaching with tape-recorded psychoanalysis.
- What happens in a psychoanalysis? A view through the lens of the analytic process scales (APS).
- Saying the right thing at the right time: a view through the lens of the analytic process scales (APS).
- Termination of psychoanalysis of adults: a review of the literature.
- Problems of termination in the analysis of adults.
- Psychotherapy and the dying patient.
- A not so rare avis?
Treatments
- Dissociative Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, Geriatric Health And More
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