Dr. Shirley Gay Merritt MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
14142 IVY BLUFF COURT HOUSTON TX, 77062About
Dr. Shirley Merritt is a psychiatrist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Merritt is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Merritt diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Merritt 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. Merritt treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Limited agreement between criteria-based diagnoses of postconcussional syndrome.
- Predicting depression following mild traumatic brain injury.
- Postconcussional disorder: Are the DSM-IV criteria an improvement over the ICD-10?
- Confirmatory factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D) in mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury.
- Correlates of persistent postconcussional disorder: DSM-IV criteria versus ICD-10.
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