Dr. Frank E Shelp MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
7501 Boulder View Dr #601 Richmond VA, 23225About
Dr. Frank Shelp is a psychiatrist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Shelp is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Shelp diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Shelp 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. Shelp treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 1984
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Controlled investigation of the amobarbital interview for catatonic mutism.
- Improving Quality of Emergency Care Through Integration of Mental Health.
- ECT in children and adolescents.
- The effects of ECT stimulus dose and electrode placement on the ictal electroencephalogram: an intraindividual crossover study.
- Convulsive threshold differences in right unilateral and bilateral ECT.
- Serum prolactin, electrode placement, and the convulsive threshold during ECT.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)
- Dementia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
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