Mr. Steven Louis Mahorney M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
300 Enola Rd Morganton NC, 28655About
Dr. Steven Mahorney is a psychiatrist practicing in Morganton, NC. Dr. Mahorney is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Mahorney diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Mahorney 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. Mahorney treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1973
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1973
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dynamics of lip dyskinesia associated with neuroleptic withdrawal.
- Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder with amitriptyline and placebo.
- A new and timely delusion: the complaint of having AIDS.
- Preliminary study of carbamazepine in post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Symptom perception by nonpsychiatric physicians in evaluating for depression.
- Classification of depressive disorders: a multiaxial approach.
- Predicting response to amitriptyline in posttraumatic stress disorder.
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