Dr. Benjamin F Roy M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
421 12th St Columbus GA, 31901About
Dr. Benjamin Roy is a psychiatrist practicing in Columbus, GA. Dr. Roy is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Roy diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Roy 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. Roy treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Howard University College of Medicine 1977
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anti-beta-endorphin immunoglobulin G in humans.
- Growth hormone response to clonidine unchanged by chronic clorgyline treatment.
- Possible development of the serotonin syndrome in man.
- CSF antibodies for dynorphin bind synthetic Staphylococcus aureus replication protein B 275-290.
- Idiotypic and anti-idiotypic antibodies interfere in a standard radioimmunoassay for beta-endorphin.
- Serum antibody for somatostatin-14 and prodynorphin 209-240 in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and advanced HIV infection.
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