Dr. Robert M Hirschfeld MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
301 University Blvd Galveston TX, 77555About
Dr. Robert Hirschfeld is a psychiatrist practicing in Galveston, TX. Dr. Hirschfeld is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Hirschfeld diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Hirschfeld 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. Hirschfeld treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University of Michigan Medical School 1968
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dependency-self-esteem-clinical depression.
- Efficacy of SSRIs and newer antidepressants in severe depression: comparison with TCAs.
- Management of sexual side effects of antidepressant therapy.
- Sexual functioning in depressed outpatients taking mirtazapine.
- Care of the sexually active depressed patient.
- Personality disorders and depression: comorbidity.
- Suicide and antidepressant treatment.
- History and evolution of the monoamine hypothesis of depression.
- A randomized, placebo-controlled 12-month trial of divalproex and lithium in treatment of outpatients with bipolar I disorder. Divalproex Maintenance Study Group.
- Social functioning in depression: a review.
- Sertraline in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
- The role of primary care in the treatment of depression.
- Antidepressants in long-term therapy: a review of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
- Effect of concurrent anxiety on response to sertraline and imipramine in patients with chronic depression.
- When to hospitalize patients at risk for suicide.
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