Dr. David C Steffens MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Geriatric Psychiatry
263 Farmington Ave Dept. Of Paychiatry Farmington CT, 06030About
Dr. David Steffens is a geriatric psychiatrist practicing in Farmington, CT. Dr. Steffens 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. Steffens helps patients after a comprehensive diagnostic exam so the root of their problems can be treated.
Education and Training
U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1988
University of Texas At Houston / Medical School At Houston 1988
University Of Texas Medical School at Houston 1988
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Geriatric Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of major depression on functional status in patients with coronary artery disease.
- Initial evaluation of suspected dementia. Asking the right questions.
- Hippocampal volume in geriatric depression.
- Reduction of orbital frontal cortex volume in geriatric depression.
- Relation of subjective and received social support to clinical and self-report assessments of depressive symptoms in an elderly population.
- Severity of subcortical gray matter hyperintensity predicts ECT response in geriatric depression.
- Evidence of white matter tract disruption in MRI hyperintensities.
- Performance feedback deficit in geriatric depression.
- Bupropion SR in the naturalistic treatment of elderly patients with major depression.
- Does social support buffer functional decline in elderly patients with unipolar depression?
- APOE genotype and hippocampal volume change in geriatric depression.
- Psychosocial and clinical predictors of unipolar depression outcome in older adults.
- Allelic differences in the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region in geriatric depression.
- Hippocampal volume and antidepressant response in geriatric depression.
- Anatomic location and laterality of MRI signal hyperintensities in late-life depression.
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