Dr. George S. Zubenko M.D., PH.D.
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Geriatric Psychiatry
150 W Pike St Suite 1 Canonsburg PA, 15317Rating
4/5
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Dr. George Zubenko is a geriatric psychiatrist practicing in Canonsburg, PA. Dr. Zubenko 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. Zubenko helps patients after a comprehensive diagnostic exam so the root of their problems can be treated.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1981
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Platelet membrane fluidity individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease: a comparison of results from fluorescence spectroscopy and electron spin resonance spectroscopy.
- Geriatric psychopharmacology: why does age matter?
- Do susceptibility loci contribute to the expression of more than one mental disorder? A view from the genetics of Alzheimer's disease.
- A double-blind randomized comparison of nortriptyline plus perphenazine versus nortriptyline plus placebo in the treatment of psychotic depression in late life.
- Genetic segregation analysis of recurrent, early-onset major depression: evidence for single major locus transmission.
- Genetic segregation analysis of alcohol and other substance-use disorders in families with recurrent, early-onset major depression.
- Dyskinesia and neuroleptic exposure in elderly psychiatric inpatients.
- Correlates of persistent depressive symptoms in widows.
- Relation of age to prevalence of tardive dyskinesia.
- Effects of previous major depressive illness on cognition in Alzheimer disease patients.
- Biological correlates of clinical heterogeneity in primary dementia.
- Research agenda for DSM-V: diagnostic categories and criteria for neuropsychiatric syndromes in dementia.
- Neurochemical correlates of major depression in primary dementia.
- Neuropathologic and neurochemical correlates of psychosis in primary dementia.
- The use of captopril in treatment-resistant depression: an open trial.
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