Dr. Robert I Berkowitz M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3440 Market St Suite 410 Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Robert Berkowitz practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Berkowitz evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Berkowitz seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ct Sch Of Med- Farmington Ct 1973
University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Valvular heart disease in fenfluramine- phentermine-treated patients: a comparison with control patients.
- Behavioural treatment of the overweight patient.
- Great expectations: "I'm losing 25% of my weight no matter what you say".
- Dieting and the development of eating disorders in obese women: results of a randomized controlled trial.
- The role of patients' expectations and goals in the behavioral and pharmacological treatment of obesity.
- Weight loss in obese African American and Caucasian adolescents: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial of behavioral therapy plus sibutramine.
- Association analysis of the FTO gene with obesity in children of Caucasian and African ancestry reveals a common tagging SNP.
- Cardiovascular disease risk factor (CVDRF) associated waist circumference patterns in obese-prone children.
- Investigation of the locus near MC4R with childhood obesity in Americans of European and African ancestry.
- The role of obesity-associated loci identified in genome-wide association studies in the determination of pediatric BMI.
- Examination of type 2 diabetes loci implicates CDKAL1 as a birth weight gene.
- Examination of all type 2 diabetes GWAS loci reveals HHEX-IDE as a locus influencing pediatric BMI.
- Weight reduction in obese adolescents with and without binge eating.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
Dr. Robert I Berkowitz M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 3440 Market St Suite 410
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