Dr. Brett Y. Lu MD PHD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
3131 Grande Vista Pl Nw Albuquerque NM, 87120About
Dr. Brett Lu is a psychiatrist practicing in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Lu is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Lu diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Lu 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. Lu treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A case of prolonged peyote-induced psychosis resolved by sleep.
- Use of oxcarbazepine in outpatient alcohol detoxification.
- The mind-body conundrum: the somatopsychic perspective in geriatric depression.
- Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: a comprehensive review of the literature for psychopharmacologic alternatives to newer antidepressants and benzodiazepines.
- Temporal and frontal cortical thickness associations with M100 auditory activity and attention in healthy controls and individuals with schizophrenia.
- Frontal and superior temporal auditory processing abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- Toxic effects of psychotropics related to possible p450 enzyme inhibition by
- Increased Elderly Utilization of Psychiatric Emergency Resources as a Reflection of the Growing Mental Health Crisis Facing Our Aging Population.
- Simultaneous usage of dementia medications and anticholinergics among Asians and Pacific Islanders.
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