Dr. Joseph Westermeyer
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1 Veterans Dr Minneapolis MN, 55417About
Dr. Joseph Westermeyer is a psychiatrist practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Westermeyer is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Westermeyer diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Westermeyer 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. Westermeyer treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1961
University of Mn Med Sch 1961
University of Minnesota Medical School 1970
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Trauma and coping in Somali and Oromo refugee youth.
- Synchronous neural interactions assessed by magnetoencephalography: a functional biomarker for brain disorders.
- The relevance of ethnography in a psychiatric journal: a commentary on diagnosis and distress in Navajo healing.
- Depression and coronary artery disease: the association, mechanisms, and
- Providing Crisis-oriented and Recovery-based Treatment in Partial Hospitalization Programs.
- HADStress: a somatic symptom screen for posttraumatic stress among Somali refugees.
- Refugee resettlement to the United States: recommendations for a new approach.
- The diminishing role of psychiatry in group psychotherapy: a commentary and recommendations for change.
- Managing the classification of psychiatric diagnoses: a systematics perspective.
- Urinary calculi in Laos.
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- Opiate Dependence
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