Dr. Daniel Alan Plotkin M.D., M.P.H.
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Geriatric Psychiatry
1823 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles CA, 90025About
Dr. Daniel Plotkin is a geriatric psychiatrist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Plotkin 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. Plotkin helps patients after a comprehensive diagnostic exam so the root of their problems can be treated.
Education and Training
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 1978
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Retrospective accounts of dementia symptoms: are they reliable?
- Older adults and psychoanalytic treatment: it's about time.
- Cholinergic dysfunction in Alzheimer disease: cause or effect?
- Antidepressant drug studies, 1964 to 1986: empirical evidence for aging patients.
- Subjective memory complaints in geriatric depression.
- Haloperidol in the treatment of nausea and vomiting due to cytotoxic drug administration.
- Partial hospitalization (day treatment) for psychiatrically ill elderly patients.
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