Dr. David G Folks MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
6 E Chestnut St Augusta ME, 04330About
Dr. David Folks is a psychiatrist practicing in Augusta, ME. Dr. Folks is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Folks diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Folks 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. Folks treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1979
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Innate and acquired immunity in neurodegenerative disorders.
- Somatization in the elderly.
- The interface of psychiatry and irritable bowel syndrome.
- Culture as a variable in drug therapy.
- Screening for psychiatric disorders in patients with skin diseases.
- Prescriptive authority.
- Alternatives to lithium in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
- The relationship of high-intensity signals on magnetic resonance images to cognitive and psychiatric state in Alzheimer's disease.
- Clozapine: miracle or mirage?
- The clinical validity of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in staging Alzheimer's
- Best practices: Use of an administrative review committee at New Hampshire Hospital to mitigate risk with high-profile patients.
- Best practices: The Administrative Review Committee at New Hampshire Hospital: a one-year follow-up.
- Conversion disorders: an overview.
- Lithium treatment of hyperthyroidism and mania.
- Persistent depression in coronary bypass patients reporting sexual maladjustment.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
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