Dr. Michael Bruce First MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1051 Riverside Dr Unit 60 New York NY, 10032Rating
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Dr. Michael First is a psychiatrist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. First is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. First diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. First 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. First treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1983
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Another perspective on "putting DSM-IV in perspective".
- Definitions of schizophrenia.
- Classification in psychiatry: ICD-10 v. DSM-IV. A response.
- Psychiatrists' attitudes toward dissociative disorders diagnoses.
- The DSM series and experience with DSM-IV.
- The APA classification of mental disorders: future perspectives.
- Desire for amputation of a limb: paraphilia, psychosis, or a new type of identity disorder.
- Weighing the pro's and con's of reclassifying dyspareunia.
- Mutually exclusive versus co-occurring diagnostic categories: the challenge of diagnostic comorbidity.
- Classification of psychiatric disorders.
- Clinical utility: a prerequisite for the adoption of a dimensional approach in DSM.
- The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). I: History, rationale, and description.
- Psychiatric comorbidity: is more less?
- Keeping an eye on clinical utility.
- Relational processes in the DSM-V revision process: comment on the special section.
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