Mr. Joel Edward Kleinman M.D., PH.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
3734 Jenifer St Nw Washington DC, 20015About
Dr. Joel Kleinman is a psychiatrist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Kleinman is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Kleinman diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Kleinman 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. Kleinman treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
U Of Chgo Div Of Bio Sci Pritzker Sch Of Med 1973
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neurotensin receptor binding abnormalities in the entorhinal cortex in schizophrenia and affective disorders.
- Smaller frontal gray matter volume in postmortem schizophrenic brains.
- BDNF mRNA expression during postnatal development, maturation and aging of the human prefrontal cortex.
- Regional specificity in the neuropathologic substrates of schizophrenia: a morphometric analysis of Broca's area 44 and area 9.
- Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and dopamine regulation in the human brain.
- Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) mRNA expression in the dorsolateral
- Glutamate carboxypeptidase II gene expression in the human frontal and temporal lobe in schizophrenia.
- Gene expression of metabolic enzymes and a protease inhibitor in the prefrontal
- Human dysbindin (DTNBP1) gene expression in normal brain and in schizophrenic
- Postmortem investigations of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: the role of susceptibility genes.
- Reduced glucocorticoid and estrogen receptor alpha messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the amygdala of patients with major mental illness.
- Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis in postmortem research.
- The development of a posttraumatic stress disorder brain collection.
- A conserved mRNA expression profile of SREB2 (GPR85) in adult human, monkey, and rat forebrain.
- Discordant changes in cortical TrkC mRNA and protein during the human lifespan.
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- NIMH
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