Dr. John Houston Casada M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1111 Industrial Blvd #2 Abilene TX, 79602About
Dr. John Casada is a psychiatrist practicing in Abilene, TX. Dr. Casada is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Casada diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Casada 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. Casada treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1992
University of Texas At Houston / Medical School At Houston 1992
University Of Texas Medical School at Houston 1992
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Behavioral inhibition and activation in posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Evidence for two different afferent pathways carrying stress-related information (noxious and amygdala stimulation) to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.
- Dissociation of physiology and behavior in PTSD.
- Restraint and stimulation of bed nucleus of the stria terminalis produce similar stress-like behaviors.
- Restraint stress modulates sensory evoked potentials.
- Interrelationships among epidermal Na-K ATPase, developmental stage and length of Rana catesbeiana tadpoles.
- Muscarinic receptors mediate the effect of acetylcholine (ACh) on neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST).
- Responses of neurons in bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to microiontophoretically applied morphine, norepinephrine and acetylcholine.
- Psychophysiologic responsivity in posttraumatic stress disorder: generalized hyperresponsiveness versus trauma specificity.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
- Schizophrenia
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