
Dr. David C. Des jarlais MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1441 Kapiolani Blvd Fl 16 Honolulu HI, 96814About
Dr. David Des jarlais is a psychiatrist practicing in Honolulu, HI. Dr. Des jarlais is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Des jarlais diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Des jarlais 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. Des jarlais treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Wi Med Sch, Madison Wi 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Addiction Psychiatry
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Psychoactive drug use and progression of HIV infection.
- Treatment for drug dependence.
- Predictors and risk-taking consequences of drug use among HIV-infected women.
- Audio-computer interviewing to measure risk behaviour for HIV among injecting drug users: a quasi-randomised trial.
- Doing a shotgun: a drug use practice and its relationship to sexual behaviors and infection risk.
- The message not heard: myth and reality in discussions about syringe exchange.
- HIV risk behaviours of current sex workers attending syringe exchange: the experiences of women in five US cities.
- Geographic proximity, policy and utilization of syringe exchange programmes.
- Similarities and differences by race/ethnicity in changes of HIV seroprevalence and related behaviors among drug injectors in New York City, 1991-1996.
- Prevalence and risk factors for positive tuberculin skin tests among active drug users at a syringe exchange program.
- Prospects for a public health perspective on psychoactive drug use.
- HIV incidence among injection drug users in New York City, 1992-1997: evidence
- Drug injection rates and needle-exchange use in New York City, 1991-1996.
- Structural interventions to reduce HIV transmission among injecting drug users.
- Research, politics, and needle exchange.
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Practice At 1441 Kapiolani Blvd Fl 16
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