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I am a Board-certified psychiatrist with almost 15 years of experience diagnosing and treating mental illness. Psychiatrists are physicians, so I did go to medical school and complete a four-year postgraduate residency training program. While obviously I subscribe to, and am heavily influenced by, the Medical Model and consider myself an expert psychopharmacologist, I also have a B.A. in psychology and I am a very spiritual (not religious) person who has devoted a large portion of my practice to individual psychotherapy and other forms of counseling. I very much believe in a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to mental health care.

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mental health

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psychopharmacology

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writing

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Health & Fitness > Prescription & Medication Factors to consider in choosing anti-depressant medication

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The most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants today are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the so-called "Prozac family" of medications, of which Prozac was the prototype, but which also includes Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, and Lexapro. They are widely prescribed because they are very safe and generally well-tolerated, and they are highly effective at improving a person's mood and reducing symptoms of tearfulness, hopelessness, irritability and also anxiety, including panic attacks, obsessions, and compulsions. Because they all share the same mechanism of action...

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