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Interim Chair: Peter J. Weiden, M.D.
Vice-Chair: Stephen Goldfinger, M.D.
Chief of Service: David Dailey, MD
The Department of Psychiatry provides a wide range of services aimed at promoting and caring for the mental health of people of all. The Department offers general psychiatric inpatient and outpatient treatment. In addition, we have a variety of specialty services
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GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
Division Chief: Carl Cohen, M.D.
The division provides neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment of persons age 55 and over. Services include pharmacotherapy, individual psychotherapy, and group treatment.
Carl Cohen, M.D.
Tel: 718-287-4806
Fax: 718-287-0337
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BROOKLYN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
ASSISTANCE CENTER (BADAC)
Division Chief: Carl Cohen, M.D.
One of nine designated centers in New York State, the BADAC provides comprehensive neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment of memory disorders. Services include social services, activity group, family support group, home visits, and community educational activities. Patients have opportunities to participate in new clinical trials.
Carl Cohen, M.D.
Tel: 718-287-4806
Fax: 718-287-0337
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OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY SERVICE
Division Chief: Carl Cohen, M.D.
The outpatient division provides diagnosis and treatment for persons age 18 and over. Treatment modalities include pharmacotherapy, dynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy and group treatment. Specialty services include geropsychiatry, phobia and anxiety disorders program, clozaril clinic, mood disorders, schizophrenia, and memory disorders. Social services are also available. Patients have opportunities to participate in new clinical trials.
Carl Cohen, M.D.
Tel: 718-287-4806
Fax: 718-287-0337
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INFANT AND CHILD LEARNING CENTER (ICLC)
Division Chief: Joan Hittelman, Ph.D.
The early intervention program specializes in servicing medically involved and developmentally delayed children. Services are provided in the center and in the hospital.
Joan Hittelman, Ph.D.
Tel 718-270-2598
Fax 718-270-3910
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INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY
Acting Division Chief: Mitchel Stein, M.D.
The inpatient service consists of a 32-bed acute care voluntary unit for adults. Intensive and comprehensive evaluation and treatment is offered for patients who need inpatient care for their psychiatric conditions as well as patients with interrelated medical and psychiatric disorders.
Mitchel Stein, M.D.
Tel: 718-270-4104
Fax: 718-270-4045
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PHOBIA AND ANXIETY DISORDERS CLINIC
Division Chief: Steven Friedman, Ph.D.
For almost two decades the Phobia and Anxiety Disorders Clinic has functioned as a specialty outpatient clinic within the Department of Psychiatry’s Outpatient Clinic. We evaluate and treat a wide range of anxiety disorders in adults, including panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic disorder. The primary treatment philosophy is short-term cognitive-behavioral treatment, pharmacological treatment when clinically indicated and in vivo exposure. Group and individual treatment is available. Patients must call the above number for an appointment for an evaluation and should specifically request an appointment with the Phobia Clinic.
Steven Friedman, Ph.D.
Tel #: 718-270-1750
Tel #: 718-287-4806
Fax: 718-270-3355
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PSYCHOLOGY
Division Coordinator: Michael Berzofsky, Ph.D.
The activities of the Psychology Division comprise a program of research, clinical service and didactic programs.
Michael Berzofsky, Ph.D.
Tel: 718-270-2004
Fax: 718-270-4045
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CENTER FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY
Division Chief: Marian Dunn, Ph.D.
The Center for Human Sexuality, founded in 1977, provides the only medical school affiliated fully accredited sex therapy program in the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The Center utilizes short-term approaches for the full range of male and female sexual problems – premature ejaculation, erectile difficulties, ejaculatory problems, female arousal or orgasmic difficulty, painful intercourse, vaginismus, or inhibited sexual desire.
We offer counseling services that integrate a physician’s medical treatment regimen for patients with chronic illnesses and disabilities that cause sexual concerns. The Center has a sliding scale and no motivated patient is refused for financial reasons.
Marian Dunn, Ph.D.
Tel: 718-270-1750
Fax: 718-270-3355
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CONSULTATION LIAISON SERVICES
Division Chief: Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D.
The service consists of four attendings. The division staff and residents perform initial consultations and follow-ups on medical surgical inpatients at Kings County Hospital and University Hospital.
Also, Dr. Viswanathan has an outpatient practice at the University Hospital focussing on Anxiety Disorders and Depression.
Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D.
Tel: 718-270-2352
Tel: 718-270-2313 (for inpatient consultation)
Fax: 718-270-3355
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SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH PROGRAM
Division Chief: Peter Weiden, M.D.
The mission of the Schizophrenia Research Program at SUNY Downstate is to help develop more effective treatments for patient with schizophrenia. This goal is accomplished by conducting clinical research studies that offers participants excellent clinical care, while at the same time advancing our knowledge of how to best treat this devastating illness.
Peter Weiden, M.D. Page Burkholder M.D. Stephen Goldfinger, M.D.
Tel 718-270-4483 Tel 718-245-2724 Tel: 718-270-2022
Fax 718-270-3355 Fax 718-245-2549 Fax: 718-270-3355
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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Division Chief: Lenore Engel, MD
The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has a wide range of services for children, adolescents and their families. Most of these services are at our major affiliate, Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC). The inpatient service at KCHC has 3 units, one to treat children under age 12, and two adolescent inpatient units. The Outpatient Department, located at KCHC in J Building (corner of Albany and Winthrop) provides walk-in clinic services that allow for immediate assessment of children/adolescents. In addition, there is an active treatment clinic that is staffed by a multidisciplinary team with Child Psychiatrists on site at all times. There also is an Adolescent Day Treatment Program and a Developmental Evaluation Clinic at KCHC. The Adolescent Day Treatment Program is a five-day a week program that sees adolescents who are unable to succeed in a regular education setting. It addresses both their educational and emotional needs in this setting. This is a SIE 7 designated school. The Developmental Evaluation Clinic (DEC) evaluates and treats children/adolescents with developmental disabilities. This clinic is multidisciplinary and it includes child psychiatry, psychology, social work, speech and language therapy, and pediatric neurology services. The DEC clinic also provides Early Intervention evaluations. There is an Infant and Child Learning Program, run by Dr. Hittelman, which evaluates children with/or at risk for developmental problems; this child service is currently the only one based at SUNY. There is also a consultation liaison service that does consults for pediatric and adolescent patients who are hospitalized at KCHC or at SUNY. The Child Psychiatry service also runs a Child and Adolescent fellowship program.
Lenore Engel, MD
Tel: 718-270-1430
Fax: 718-270-2517
ALCHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCE
Division Chief: Pierre Arty, M.D.
The Addictive Disease Hospital has instituted a number of treatment evaluations and research projects in the following areas: -
• Defense mechanisms in substance abusers;
• Psychological concomitants of withdrawal;
• Personality accompaniments of HIV-related risk behaviors;
• Psychometric scaling of HIV-related risk behaviors;
• Incidence and prevalence of HIV in substance abusers;
• The relationship of type of substance use to HIV incidence rates;
• Risk behaviors in alcoholics and treatment efficacy of AIDS-afflicted substance users.
Several publications have resulted form these studies.
Pierre Arty, M.D.
Tel: 718-270-3131
Fax: 718-270-3822
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450 Clarkson Ave / Brooklyn, NY 11203
BOX 1203 / Tel: 718 270 2022
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