Dr. Rachel L Epstein-fargason MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Rachel Epstein-fargason is a psychiatrist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Epstein-fargason is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Epstein-fargason diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Epstein-fargason 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. Epstein-fargason treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1987
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The changing academic health center. The death of the traditional academic physician.
- Adults with ADHD-without insomnia history have subclinical sleep disturbance but not circadian delay: an ADHD phenotype?
- Delayed sleep timing and symptoms in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a controlled actigraphy study.
- Complete sleep-wake cycle reversal related to ADHD detected by actigraphy.
- Delayed-onset of psychopharmacologically induced priapism: A cautionary case report.
- A Review of Psychopharmacological Interventions Post-Disaster to Prevent Psychiatric Sequelae.
- Reversible Encephalopathy due to Valproic Acid Induced Hyperammonemia in a Patient with Bipolar I Disorder: A Cautionary Report.
- Dextromethorphan in Cough Syrup: The Poor Man's Psychosis.
- Sensory Reduction on the General Milieu of a High-Acuity Inpatient Psychiatric Unit to Prevent Use of Physical Restraints: A Successful Open Quality Improvement Trial.
- Psychosis as a sequelae of paraneoplastic syndrome in Small- Cell Lung Carcinoma: A psycho-neuroendocrine interface.
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults: diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
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