Dr. Sidney Herman Weissman MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
676 N Saint Clair St Chicago IL, 60611Rating
5/5
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Dr. Sidney Weissman is a psychiatrist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Weissman is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Weissman diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Weissman 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. Weissman treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1965
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Overlooked issues in Time to Heal essays.
- The need to teach a wider, more complex view of "evidence".
- Recruitment of U.S. medical graduates into psychiatry: reasons for optimism, sources of concern.
- The intelligence community and the war on terror: the role of behavioral science.
- The evolution of psychiatric subspecialties.
- Forty year trends in selecting a psychiatric career.
- The difficulty of assessing students' competence in patient care.
- Guidelines for the general psychiatry application process and for inter-residency transitions.
- Looking ahead: a likely reduction of U.S. seniors' residency choices.
- Factors that affect selection of a psychiatry residency program : faculty, resident, and student perspectives.
- Recommendations from the may 1992 conference to enhance recruitment of u.s. Medical graduates into psychiatry.
- Additional suggestions for facilitating professional identity formation.
- Parenthood experience and the adolescent's transition to young adulthood: self psychological perspectives.
- A view of the prospective child psychiatrist.
- Projected uptake and toxicity of selenium compounds from the environment.
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