Dr. Elisabeth J Kunkel M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
833 Chestnut St Suite 210 Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Elisabeth Kunkel is a psychiatrist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Kunkel is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Kunkel diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Kunkel 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. Kunkel treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1983
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Psychosomatic Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hematologic side effects of psychotropics.
- Integrating conflicting chemotactic signals. The role of memory in leukocyte navigation.
- Leukocyte arrest during cytokine-dependent inflammation in vivo.
- African-American men and intention to adhere to recommended follow-up for an abnormal prostate cancer early detection examination result.
- Preparatory education for informed decision-making in prostate cancer early detection and treatment.
- Management of the agitated patient.
- St. John's Wort.
- Psychosocial oncology: supportive care for the cancer patient.
- Preparing African-American men in community primary care practices to decide whether or not to have prostate cancer screening.
- Practical geriatrics: depression, cognition, and anxiety among postmenopausal women with breast cancer.
- A randomized, controlled trial of mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) for women with cancer.
- Zonisamide-induced suicidal ideation.
- Biological complexity and drug discovery: a practical systems biology approach.
- Recurrent priapism associated with use of aripiprazole.
- Hematologic problems in psychosomatic medicine.
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