Dr. Ronald D Franks MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
307 University Blvd N Csab170 Mobile AL, 36688About
Dr. Ronald Franks is a psychiatrist practicing in Mobile, AL. Dr. Franks is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Franks diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Franks may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Franks treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University of Michigan Medical School 1971
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Influenza vaccination acceptance and refusal rates among health care personnel.
- Do racial and ethnic group differences in performance on the MCAT exam reflect test bias?
- Medical trainees need more than simple role modeling to be prepared for professional and ethical decisions.
- Increased platelet intracellular calcium concentration in patients with bipolar affective disorders.
- Neurophysiological assessment of sensory gating in psychiatric inpatients: comparison between schizophrenia and other diagnoses.
- Medical student and resident "impairments": prediction, early recognition, and intervention. Should they be rehabilitated or should they be removed?
- Phenelzine-induced hypomania: effect of verapamil.
- The Mezzich MMPI regression formula revisited.
- ECT in the presence of increased intracranial pressure and respiratory failure: case report.
- Schizophrenia-like psychosis associated with anticonvulsant toxicity.
- Schizophrenia-like psychosis associated with anticonvulsant toxicity.
- The overtranquilized patient.
- The overtranquilized patient.
- Neurophysiological evidence for a defect in inhibitory pathways in schizophrenia: comparison of medicated and drug-free patients.
- Intracellular calcium ions in affective disorders: a review and an hypothesis.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety
- Dementia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
- Adjustment Disorder
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