Dr. Robert Paul Roca M.D.
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Geriatric Psychiatry
6501 N Charles St Sheppard Pratt Physi Towson MD, 21204About
Dr. Robert Roca is a geriatric psychiatrist practicing in Towson, MD. Dr. Roca specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, particularly in older adults. Patients who visit geriatric psychiatrists typically look for help with problems like memory loss, depression, difficulty coping with change, stress, dementia, anxiety and more. Older adults may also experience emotional distress after being diagnosed with a disease as well. Dr. Roca helps patients after a comprehensive diagnostic exam so the root of their problems can be treated.
Education and Training
University of California 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Geriatric Psychiatry
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Posttraumatic adaptation and distress among adult burn survivors.
- Geropsychiatry in long-term care: a nurse-centered approach.
- Residency training in interviewing skills and the psychosocial domain of medical practice.
- Ensuring Staff Safety When Treating Potentially Violent Patients.
- Bedside cognitive examination. Usefulness in detecting delirium and dementia.
- Primary skeletal infections in heroin users: a clinical characterization, diagnosis and therapy.
- Primary skeletal infections in heroin users: a clinical characterization, diagnosis and therapy.
- Recognition of dementia among medical patients.
- Improving physicians' interviewing skills and reducing patients' emotional distress. A randomized clinical trial.
- Depressive symptoms associated with scleroderma.
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
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