Dr. Cynthia Ann Pristach M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
462 Grider St Buffalo NY, 14215Rating
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About
Dr. Cynthia Pristach is a psychiatrist practicing in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Pristach is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Pristach diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Pristach 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. Pristach treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1983
UB School of Medicine
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1983
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Attitudes towards alcoholics anonymous by dually diagnosed psychiatric inpatients.
- Is psychosis exacerbated by modafinil?
- Incorporating pain management training into the psychiatry residency curriculum.
- Diagnosis and management of the paranoid patient.
- Who are patients on conventional antipsychotics?
- Medication compliance and substance abuse among schizophrenic patients.
- A multidisciplinary program to improve the teaching skills of incoming housestaff.
- Can academic departments maintain industry relationships while promoting physician professionalism?
- Utility of the Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST) in schizophrenic patients.
- Improving residents' performance on the PRITE: is there a role for peer-assisted learning?
- Lithium intoxication of unusual origin.
- Alcohol withdrawal syndromes - prediction from detailed medical and drinking histories.
- Reliability of the Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST) in psychiatric inpatients.
- Self-reported effects of alcohol use on symptoms of schizophrenia.
- Computerized medication instruction for psychiatric inpatients admitted for acute care.
Awards
- 2009 Dr. Josie Olympia Award
- 2008 Royal College of Physicians Educator Accreditation
- 2005 Certificate of Recognition, Career Services Division of Student Affai
- 2004 Department of Psychiatry Recognition Award
- 2003 Distinguished Fellow
- 1994-1995, 1994 Mentor of the Year Award
- 1997 Seventh Annual Nancy C.A. Roseske, M.D. Certificate of Recognition fo
- 1990 Outstanding Teaching Award
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Adjustment Disorder
- Schizophrenia
Professional Memberships
- Member Association Of Academic Psychiatry
- Member Research Society on Alcoholism
- Member American College of Psychiatrists
- Fellow American Psychiatric Association (Distinguished )
- Member Anerican Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training
Experience & Accolades
- Professor 2008 - 2014University at Buffalo
- Member1987 - 2014 Chief Psychiatrist, Erie County Medical Center
- Clinical Associate Professor 1995 - 2008 State Univeristy of New York at Buffalo
- Member1992 - 1997 Consulting Psychiatrist, Employee Assistance Program
- Clinical Assistant Professor 1994 - 1995 State University of New York at Buffalo
- Assistant Professor 1987 - 1994 Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Member1985 - 1988 Consulting Psychiatrist, Horizon Human Services
- Clinical Assistant Instructor1983 - 1987 State University of New York at Buffalo
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