Dr. Joseph P Merlino MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
8268 164th St Jamaica NY, 11432About
Dr. Joseph Merlino is a psychiatrist practicing in Jamaica, NY. Dr. Merlino is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Merlino diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Merlino 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. Merlino treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A royal road from homelessness--the clinical use of dreams.
- FRONTLINE--a cause for optimism.
- Psychoanalysis and ethics--relevant then, essential now.
- An unexplained death in the psychiatric emergency room: a case of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea?
- Direct Supervision in Outpatient Psychiatric Graduate Medical Education.
- Leading with Lean: Getting the Outcomes we Need with the Funding we Have.
- Psychiatric Management, Administration, and Leadership: a Continuum or Distinct Concepts?
- The suicidal patient on the surgical ward: a multidisciplinary case conference.
- Support groups for professional caregivers: a role for the contemporary psychoanalyst.
- The hospital ethics committee: a role for the contemporary psychoanalyst.
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