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Dr. Hasan Memon

Psychiatrist

Dr. Hasan Memon practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Hershey, PA. Dr. Memon evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Memon seeks to improve each patients quality of life.

Dr Memon is a native of New Jersey. He returned home to New Jersey after completing my Child & Adolescent Psychiatry training at Dartmouth and Penn State. His general psychiatry residency was completed at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed his medical school education was done on three continents as part of the Keith B Taylor Global Scholars Program studying in Northumbria University in England , St. Georges University in Grenada and Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. His undergraduate studies were in Chemistry from Monmouth University.

Dr Memon is an award winning psychiatrist. He is currently an assistant professor at Robertwood Johnson Medical School where I received the 2018 “Outstanding Teacher” award for teaching Psychiatry residents and medical students.
Dr. Hasan Memon
  • Monmouth Jct, New Jersey
  • Accepting new patients

What are some symptoms of depression?

Symptoms of depression include depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, change in appetite or weight, sleep disturbance, fatigue or loss of energy and neurocognitive dysfunction. READ MORE
Symptoms of depression include depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, change in appetite or weight, sleep disturbance, fatigue or loss of energy and neurocognitive dysfunction. Neurocognitive dysfunction is defined as having difficulty with attention, concentration, cognitive flexibility (concept or set shifting), executive function (eg, planning, problem solving, reasoning, and impulsivity), information processing (psychomotor) speed, memory, verbal fluency (listing as many words as possible from a category [e.g., animals or fruits] in a set time, typically one minute) or social cognition (often referred to as “theory of mind”; the ability to infer the thoughts, intentions, or emotions of others based upon verbal and nonverbal communication such as facial expression, gestures, and body language).

Why do I have depression symptoms when I don't take anxiety medications?

Earlier in the illness, recovery from functional impairment without medications is rare. Untreated schizophrenia leads to worsening of cognitive function, in addition to continued READ MORE
Earlier in the illness, recovery from functional impairment without medications is rare. Untreated schizophrenia leads to worsening of cognitive function, in addition to continued hallucinations and delusions. Overall, untreated people with schizophrenia have a more consistently poor prognosis compared to non-schizophrenic peers.

What will happen if paranoid schizophrenia isn't treated?

Earlier in the illness, recovery from functional impairment without medications is rare. Untreated schizophrenia leads to worsening of cognitive function, in addition to continued READ MORE
Earlier in the illness, recovery from functional impairment without medications is rare. Untreated schizophrenia leads to worsening of cognitive function, in addition to continued hallucinations and delusions. Overall, untreated people with schizophrenia have a more consistently poor prognosis compared to non-schizophrenic peers.

How can one spot depression in children?

If your child is reporting feeling depressed, it is important to have him evaluated by a child psychiatrist if there are problems with the following: -Academic failure and school READ MORE
If your child is reporting feeling depressed, it is important to have him evaluated by a child psychiatrist if there are problems with the following:

-Academic failure and school avoidance
-Relationship dysfunction with family, peers, and teachers
-Social withdrawal
-Negative beliefs about self or intent of other
-Seeking reassurance excessively