Dr. Roy Howard Perlis MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
15 Parkman Street Wac 812 Psychiatry Outpatien Boston MA, 02114Rating
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Dr. Roy Perlis is a psychiatrist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Perlis is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Perlis diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Perlis 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. Perlis treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1997
Harvard Medical School 1997
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The development of new antidepressants: focus on duloxetine and escitalopram.
- Treatment of bipolar depression.
- Comorbid medical illness and relapse of major depressive disorder in the continuation phase of treatment.
- The role of pharmacologic treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder.
- Extent and impact of industry sponsorship conflicts of interest in dermatology
- Cognitive behavioural therapy has short term but not long term benefits in people with residual symptoms of depression.
- Association between the 5HT1B receptor gene (HTR1B) and the inattentive subtype of ADHD.
- Misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.
- Clinical relevance of depressive symptom improvement in bipolar I depressed patients.
- Pharmacogenetics, race, and psychiatry: prospects and challenges.
- Early symptomatic worsening during treatment with fluoxetine in major depressive disorder: prevalence and implications.
- Use of treatment guidelines in clinical decision making in bipolar disorder: a pilot survey of clinicians.
- Pharmacogenetic studies of antidepressant response: how far from the clinic?
- Cytochrome P450 genotyping and antidepressants.
- Antidepressant dose reduction and the risk of relapse in major depressive disorder.
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