Dr. Joseph R. Silvio MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2 Wramc Department 6900 Georgia Ave, Nw Washington DC, 20307About
Dr. Joseph Silvio is a psychiatrist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Silvio is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Silvio diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Silvio 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. Silvio treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A Streetcar Named Desire--psychoanalytic perspectives.
- Federico Garcia Lorca's Yerma: the use of a vitalizing fantasy self-object to survive trauma.
- Psychodynamic psychiatrists and psychopharmacology.
- Visions: Red-Tailed Hawk.
- Woody Allen's "The purple rose of Cairo": a psychoanalytic allegory.
- George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion: a creative response to loss after early childhood trauma.
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