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Dr. Michael Jay Gitlin M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
11633 San Vicente Blvd Suite 306 Los Angeles CA, 90049About
Dr. Michael Gitlin is a psychiatrist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Gitlin is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Gitlin diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Gitlin 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. Gitlin treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1975
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A psychiatrist's reaction to a patient's suicide.
- Gender and bipolar illness.
- Bupropion-tranylcypromine combination for treatment-refractory depression.
- Efficacy and response time to sertraline versus fluoxetine in the treatment of unipolar major depressive disorder.
- Treatment-resistant bipolar disorder.
- Bupropion-sustained release as a treatment for SSRI-induced sexual side effects.
- Treating acute mania.
- Acceleration and augmentation strategies for treating bipolar depression.
- Intra- and interindividual variations in steady-state plasma concentrations of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone in schizophrenic patients treated chronically with various doses of risperidone.
- Unmet needs in bipolar depression.
- Self-efficacy and neurocognition may be related to coping responses in recent-onset schizophrenia.
- Patterns of alcohol consumption in bipolar patients comorbid for alcohol abuse or dependence.
- Placebo response in clinical trials of depression and its implications for research on chronic neuropathic pain.
- Lithium: serum levels, renal effects, and dosing strategies.
- Classifying episodes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: criteria for relapse and remission applied to recent-onset samples.
Awards
- 2010-2012 Southern California Super Doctors
- 2009 Southern California Super Doctors 2008
- 2007 Los Angeles Super Doctors
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