Dr. V. Charles Charuvastra M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
10800 Paramount Blvd Suite 305 Downey CA, 90241About
Dr. V. Charuvastra is a psychiatrist practicing in Downey, CA. Dr. Charuvastra is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Charuvastra diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Charuvastra 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. Charuvastra treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University of Sydney, Sydney Austrailia MD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A U.S. Veterans Administration cooperative study on methadyl acetate.
- A U.S. Veterans Administration cooperative study on methadyl acetate.
- Pain responses in methadone-maintained opioid abusers.
- Pain intolerance in opioid-maintained former opiate addicts: effect of long-acting maintenance agent.
- Effect of oral ketorolac and gender on human cold pressor pain tolerance.
- Randomized placebo-controlled trial of baclofen for cocaine dependence: preliminary effects for individuals with chronic patterns of cocaine use.
- Outcome study: comparison of short-term vs long-term treatment in a residential community.
- Drug-free therapeutic community: a ten-year follow-up.
- Methadyl acetate versus methadone: the experience of one hospital.
- Methadyl acetate versus methadone: the experience of one hospital.
- Alcohol increases cigarette smoking: a laboratory demonstration.
- Renal failure and treatment of a methadone maintenance patient.
- Renal failure and treatment of a methadone maintenance patient.
- Use of disulfiram for alcoholics in methadone maintenance programs. A Veterans Administration Cooperative Study.
- Heroin addiction, renal failure, and methadone maintenance: a follow-up report.
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