Dr. Burton Victor Reifler MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Geriatric Psychiatry
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Burton Reifler is a geriatric psychiatrist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Reifler specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, particularly in older adults. Patients who visit geriatric psychiatrists typically look for help with problems like memory loss, depression, difficulty coping with change, stress, dementia, anxiety and more. Older adults may also experience emotional distress after being diagnosed with a disease as well. Dr. Reifler helps patients after a comprehensive diagnostic exam so the root of their problems can be treated.
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Geriatric Psychiatry
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Financial self-sufficiency through operating revenue at two adult day centers.
- Characteristics of dementia-specific day programs.
- Converting inquiries to enrollments to maintain a viable adult day center.
- Service use and financial performance in a replication program on adult day centers.
- A case of mistaken identity: pseudodementia is really predementia.
- The changing face of chronic care.
- Depression, dementia, and reversible dementia.
- Reflections of a 16th year clinical scholar.
- Play it again, Sam--depression is recurring.
- The ABPN Maintenance of Certification Program for psychiatrists: past history, current status, and future directions.
- Depression with and without dementia.
- Home-based mental health services for older adults: a review of ten model programs.
- An unsubstantiated conclusion.
- Double-blind trial of imipramine in Alzheimer's disease patients with and without
- Excess disability in dementia.
Treatments
- Dementia, Depression
Professional Memberships
- Member Am Assn Of Geriatric Psychiatr
- Member Am Geriatrics Society
- Member Am Psychiatric Assn
- Member Forsyth-Davie-Stokes Medical S
- Member Gerontological Society Of Amer
- Member Int'l Assn Of Geropsychiatry
- Member Int'L Psychogeriatric Assoc
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