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Dr. William Antonio Alvarez MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
525 Manila Ave Long Beach CA, 90814About
Dr. William Alvarez is a psychiatrist practicing in Long Beach, CA. Dr. Alvarez is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Alvarez diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Alvarez 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. Alvarez treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ De Buenos Aires- Fac De Med- Buenos Aires- Argentina 1954
Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Medicina 1954
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Alexithymia and posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Organic claustrophobia: an association between panic and carbon dioxide?
- Combination psychopharmacological and behavioral therapy in Huntington's chorea: a case study.
- Nonneuroleptic malignant syndrome.
- Losing the mind.
- Trends in psychiatry: a decade of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
- Clonazepam treatment of organic brain syndromes in three elderly patients.
- Clonazepam: a novel therapeutic adjunct.
- Lithium treatment of four 'affect-related' disorders.
- Towards a teleological model of alexithymia: alexithymia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
- On trespassing ethical boundaries.
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