Dr. David R Samson M.D., DLFAPA
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2600 Denali St Suite 606 Anchorage AK, 99503Rating
3/5
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Dr. David Samson is a psychiatrist practicing in Anchorage, AK. Dr. Samson is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Samson diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Samson 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. Samson treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In the eye of the beholder: sex and race estimation using the human orbital aperture.
- The chimpanzee nest quantified: morphology and ecology of arboreal sleeping platforms within the dry habitat site of Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda.
- Orangutans (Pongo spp.) have deeper, more efficient sleep than baboons (Papio papio) in captivity.
- Pre-Sleep and Sleeping Platform Construction Behavior in Captive Orangutans (Pongo spp.): Implications for Ape Health and Welfare.
- Sleep intensity and the evolution of human cognition.
- Shining evolutionary light on human sleep and sleep disorders.
- Hadza sleep biology: Evidence for flexible sleep-wake patterns in hunter-gatherers.
- Segmented sleep in a nonelectric, small-scale agricultural society in Madagascar.
- Activity patterns in seven captive lemur species: Evidence of cathemerality in Varecia and Lemur catta?
- Chronotype variation drives night-time sentinel-like behaviour in hunter-gatherers.
- The evolution of human sleep: Technological and cultural innovation associated with sleep-wake regulation among Hadza hunter-gatherers.
- What is segmented sleep? Actigraphy field validation for daytime sleep and nighttime wake.
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