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Dr. Jenifer A. Nields M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
108 Old Orchard Park Fairfield CT, 06824About
Dr. Jenifer Nields is a psychiatrist practicing in Fairfield, CT. Dr. Nields is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Nields diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Nields 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. Nields treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1986
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1986
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- From unity to atonement: Some religious correlates of Hans Loewald's developmental theory.
- Tullio phenomenon and seronegative Lyme borreliosis.
- Lyme disease: a neuropsychiatric illness.
- Reflections on a year's psychotherapy with a psychotic man.
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
- The underdiagnosis of neuropsychiatric Lyme disease in children and adults.
Treatments
- Adolescents and adults
Professional Society Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association, Connecticut Psychiatric Society, The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Connecticut Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology
Articles and Publications
Published
What do you attribute your success to?
Good training and taking advantage of opportunities as they present themselves, and reading.
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Nearest Hospitals
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITALl
267 GRANT STREET BRIDGEPORT CT 6610NORWALK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONl
24 STEVENS STREET NORWALK CT 6856