Dr. Michael Joshua Ostacher MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
50 Staniford St Suite 580 Boston MA, 02114Rating
4/5
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Dr. Michael Ostacher is a psychiatrist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Ostacher is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Ostacher diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Ostacher 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. Ostacher treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1988
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Addiction Psychiatry
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Older patients are eligible for trial of lithium and valproate.
- Functional recovery is limited in people with bipolar disorder.
- The evidence for antidepressant use in bipolar depression.
- Factors associated with stigma among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder in the STEP-BD study.
- Comorbid alcohol and substance abuse dependence in depression: impact on the outcome of antidepressant treatment.
- Intensive psychosocial intervention enhances functioning in patients with bipolar depression: results from a 9-month randomized controlled trial.
- Lithium plus valproate combination therapy versus monotherapy for relapse prevention in bipolar I disorder (BALANCE): a randomised open-label trial.
- Multivariate analysis of bipolar mania: retrospectively assessed structure of bipolar I manic and mixed episodes in randomized clinical trial participants.
- Raising the bar for the evidence in evidence-based guidelines.
- Presentation and prevalence of PTSD in a bipolar disorder population: a STEP-BD examination.
- What can ICD-11 be that DSM-5 cannot?
- The effect of personalized guideline-concordant treatment on quality of life and functional impairment in bipolar disorder.
- Alcohol and the law.
- When positive isn't positive: the hopes and disappointments of clinical trials.
- Controversies in the psychopharmacology of bipolar disorder.
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