Dr. Birger Steven Bentsen M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1908 MEETING CT WILMINGTON NC, 28401About
Dr. Birger Bentsen is a psychiatrist practicing in WILMINGTON, NC. Dr. Bentsen is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Bentsen diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Bentsen 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. Bentsen treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University of Cincinnati / Main Campus 1983
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Tetany--a first symptom of celiac disease].
- Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in children in southeastern Norway: a prospective population-based study 1990-94.
- Recurrent abdominal pain in school children revisited: fitting adverse food reactions into the puzzle.
- Recurrent abdominal pain in children revisited: irritable bowel syndrome and psychosomatic aspects. A prospective study.
- Acid suppression does not change respiratory symptoms in children with asthma and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
- Social-medical aspects of cystic fibrosis in Norway. I. Characterization of the material.
- Social-medical aspects of cystic fibrosis in Norway. II. Economy and housing situation.
- Social-medical aspects of cystic fibrosis in Norway. III. The education and occupation of mothers.
- Social-medical aspects of cystic fibrosis in Norway. IV. A comparison of the parents' and the professionals' judgement of the severity of the handicap.
- H+/di-tripeptide transporter (PepT1) expression in the rabbit intestine.
- Cellular and regional expression of transcripts of the plasma membrane calcium pump PMCA1 in rabbit intestine.
- Increasing values of serum acid phosphatase in a child with Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated hemophagocytic histiocytic syndrome.
- Childhood Crohn's disease and the efficacy of enteral diets.
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