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Verified MD
Psychiatrist
"My abilities and interests are in the rapid resolution of emotional difficulties in adults. Since training at Hillside Hospital of Long Island Jewish-Albert Einstein Medical School, I've used current developments in short term interpersonal psychotherapy with proven psychopharmacology and medical ..."
West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
(561) 899-6843
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Verified MSN, ARNP
Psychiatrist
"Welcome to my practice. As an experienced, board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, I am qualified to treat a variety of psychiatric and emotional disorders. I do this by utilizing a humanistic, cognitive behavioral approach to therapy which address the patient's ..."
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West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
(561) 449-2607
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Verified MD
Psychiatrist
"As a Doctor of Medicine with a specialty in Psychiatry, with a Masters Degree in the Biological and Physiological Sciences and with 30 years of clinical practice, my combined background, education, training and experience has given me a unique understanding ..."
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West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
(561) 899-8049
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Verified MD, DLFAPA
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"Dr. Pottash is a pychopharmacologist/psych iatrist with a main office in Palm Beach, just across the bridge from downtown West Palm Beach. The author/co-author of over 120 research publications, he is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University and ..."
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West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
(561) 291-6372
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A Psychiatrist in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (FL) is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.

What distinguishes West Palm Beach Psychiatrists from other mental health professionals is that they may prescribe medication or psychotropics. Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans and MRIs.

Some psychiatric practitioners in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (FL) specialize in age groups (so check for West Palm Beach child psychiatrists or West Palm Beach adolescent psychiatrists). Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists or geropsychiatrists.

Other related specialties include psychopharmacology (certain states license Psychopharmacologists), psychiatric genetics and neuroimaging.

Psychiatric nurses in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (FL), or mental health nurses, specialize in nursing care for people with mental illness or mental distress. West Palm Beach Psychiatric nurses receive training in psychological therapies (such as CBT), building therapeutic alliance with clients and dealing with challenging behavior. Importantly, they are trained to administer psychiatric medication (or 'psychiatric meds') and, in very limited ways, to prescribe meds.

Nurses monitor for side effects and responses to medical treatments and offer information on meds so that clients can make informed choices about their use.
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