Dr. George W Arana MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425About
Dr. George Arana is a psychiatrist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Arana is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Arana diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Arana 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. Arana treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Tufts Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1974
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Psychotic features and illness severity in combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Treatment and management of the impaired physician.
- Panic disorder in schizophrenia.
- Alcohol dependence and hospitalization in schizophrenia.
- rTMS studies of mood and emotion.
- Psychotic features in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia: comparative severity.
- An overview of side effects caused by typical antipsychotics.
- Differentiation of depression and PTSD symptoms in combat veterans.
- A controlled trial of daily left prefrontal cortex TMS for treating depression.
- Effects of bupropion sustained-release on sexual functioning and nocturnal erections in healthy men.
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: perspectives for application in the treatment of bipolar and unipolar disorders.
- Implementation of a college-wide GME core curriculum.
- Absenteeism and productivity among mental health employees.
- Adjunctive risperidone treatment in post-traumatic stress disorder: a preliminary controlled trial of effects on comorbid psychotic symptoms.
- Racial differences in psychotic symptoms among combat veterans with PTSD.
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