Dr. Robert Mark Wettstein M.D.
Psychiatrist | Forensic Psychiatry
401 Shady Ave Suite B103 Pittsburgh PA, 15206Rating
2/5
About
Dr. Robert Wettstein is a psychiatrist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Wettstein is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Wettstein diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Wettstein 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. Wettstein treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, Los Angeles, Ucla Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1976
University of California 1976
St. Luke's College of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Forensic Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The right to refuse psychiatric treatment.
- Managed mental health care.
- Involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs: the case against requiring prior court review.
- Emerich v. Philadelphia Center for Human Development: The new duty to warn in Pennsylvania.
- Psychotherapists' duties to third parties revisited. Doe v. McKay.
- Authorship is broken.
- Ethics and involuntary treatment.
- Ethics and forensic psychiatry.
- Commentary: Quality improvement and psychiatric fitness-for-duty evaluations of physicians.
- Quality and quality improvement in forensic mental health evaluations.
- Ethical practice.
- Commentary: forensic evaluation of military personnel.
- A prospective comparison of four insanity defense standards.
- Commentary: conceptualizing the forensic psychiatry report.
- Commentary: Moving The Journal forward.
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