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Dr. James L Megna M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
750 E Adams St Syracuse NY, 13210About
Dr. James Megna is a psychiatrist practicing in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Megna is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Megna diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Megna 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. Megna treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Syracuse, Coll of Med, Syracuse Ny 1988
Upstate Medical University/ College of Health Professions 1988
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A naturalistic study of risperidone maintenance treatment of outpatients with severe mental illness.
- Treatment of bipolar depression with twice-weekly fluoxetine: management of antidepressant-induced mania.
- Resolution of risperidone-induced hyperprolactinemia with substitution of quetiapine.
- Variable effects of psychosocial factors on the clinical course of schizophrenia.
- Lingual lesions with orally disintegrating risperidone.
- Weight gain, obesity, and psychotropic prescribing.
- Obesity and psychotropics.
- Awareness of treatment needs and length of stay amongst psychiatric inpatients.
- Amantadine-induced diastolic depolarization and automaticity in ventricular muscle.
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Practice At 750 E Adams St
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Nearest Hospitals
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERl
750 EAST ADAMS STREET SYRACUSE NY 13210