Dr. David J Hellerstein MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
271 West 70th St. Suite #1f New York NY, 10023Rating
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Dr. David Hellerstein is a psychiatrist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Hellerstein is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Hellerstein diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Hellerstein 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. Hellerstein treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1980
Stanford University School of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Double-blind comparison of sertraline, imipramine, and placebo in the treatment of dysthymia: effects on personality.
- Bupropion sustained-release for the treatment of dysthymic disorder: an open-label study.
- Citalopram in the treatment of dysthymic disorder.
- A preliminary study of serotonergic antidepressants in treatment of dysthymia.
- Adapting supportive psychotherapy for individuals with Borderline personality disorder who self-injure or attempt suicide.
- Aripiprazole as an adjunctive treatment for refractory major depression.
- Dysthymic disorder: integrating research findings into clinical treatment.
- Assessing HIV risk in the general hospital psychiatric clinic.
- Decreasing the use of restraint and seclusion among psychiatric inpatients.
- Aripiprazole as an adjunctive treatment for refractory unipolar depression.
- Divergent fates of the medical humanities in psychiatry and internal medicine: should psychiatry be rehumanized?
- Practice-based evidence rather than evidence-based practice in psychiatry.
- Assessing behavioral coping preferences of psychiatric inpatients: a pilot study.
- Predicting falls among psychiatric inpatients: a case-control study at a state
- Impairment in psychosocial functioning associated with dysthymic disorder in the NESARC study.
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