Dr. John Carl summer Breitner M.D., M.P.H.
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Geriatric Psychiatry
454 VILLAGGIO S PALM SPRINGS CA, 92262About
Dr. John Breitner is a geriatric psychiatrist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Breitner specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, particularly in older adults. Patients who visit geriatric psychiatrists typically look for help with problems like memory loss, depression, difficulty coping with change, stress, dementia, anxiety and more. Older adults may also experience emotional distress after being diagnosed with a disease as well. Dr. Breitner helps patients after a comprehensive diagnostic exam so the root of their problems can be treated.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1970
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1970
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Exposure classification: the bugbear of dementia epidemiology.
- The end of Alzheimer's disease?
- Enhanced cognitive performance with estrogen use in nondemented community-dwelling older women.
- Telephone adaptation of the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam (3MS). The Cache County Study.
- The genetics of age-related macular degeneration.
- Sex and sociobiology: a role for APOE?
- APOE and AD concordance in twin pairs as predictors of AD in first-degree relatives.
- Dementia diagnoses from clinical and neuropsychological data compared: the Cache County study.
- Mental and behavioral disturbances in dementia: findings from the Cache County Study on Memory in Aging.
- Performance characteristics of a two-stage dementia screen in a population sample.
- Prevalence of depression and its treatment in an elderly population: the Cache County study.
- Reduced prevalence of AD in users of NSAIDs and H2 receptor antagonists: the Cache County study.
- Epidemiologic clues to the causes and routes to prevention of Alzheimer disease.
- Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
- Vascular depression: new light on an established idea?
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