Dr. John Harrison Heiligenstein M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
4470 Braedonwood Indianapolis IN, 46228About
Dr. John Heiligenstein practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Heiligenstein evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Heiligenstein seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1994
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute medical costs of fluoxetine versus tricyclic antidepressants. A prospective multicentre study of antidepressant drug overdoses.
- Fluoxetine for acute treatment of depression in children and adolescents: a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.
- Atomoxetine increases extracellular levels of norepinephrine and dopamine in prefrontal cortex of rat: a potential mechanism for efficacy in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Safety of subchronic treatment with fluoxetine for major depressive disorder in children and adolescents.
- Fluoxetine and suicide: a meta-analysis of controlled trials of treatment for depression.
- A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of fluoxetine in geriatric patients with major depression. The Fluoxetine Collaborative Study Group.
- Latency to rapid eye movement sleep as a predictor of treatment response to fluoxetine and placebo in nonpsychotic depressed outpatients.
- Possible monoamine oxidase inhibitor-serotonin uptake inhibitor interaction: fluoxetine clinical data and preclinical findings.
- Fluoxetine not associated with increased aggression in controlled clinical trials.
- Initial antidepressant choice in primary care. Effectiveness and cost of fluoxetine vs tricyclic antidepressants.
- Should anxiety and insomnia influence antidepressant selection: a randomized comparison of fluoxetine and imipramine.
- A controlled trial of fluoxetine and desipramine in depressed women with advanced cancer.
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