Dr. Henry L. McCurtis MD, Addiction Psychiatrist
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Dr. Henry L. McCurtis MD

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

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146 Central Park West New York New York, 10023
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About

I am a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, with a specialty in addiction psychiatry. I have maintained an integrative psychiatry practice based on diagnostic assessment and treatment guided by biological, psychological, social, and behavioral paradigms since 1978. A developmental orientation toward understanding human behavior guides my clinical perspective. This is influenced by a special interest in attachment styles and their impact on interpersonal conflict in families and couples. 

I have a keen interest in the phase of life problems resulting in major transitions in development. Transitions such as the passage from adolescents to young adulthood, marriage, divorce, mid life adjustments, retirement, and grief and bereavement are a special interest of mine. A psychoanalytic perspective informs my approach to elucidating the experiences of the past that influence the perspective in the here and now motivating one to think, feel, and act in predictable patterns that influence agency, identity, empathy, and intimacy.

Education and Training

Stanford University

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology- Addiction Psychiatry

Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Addiction Psychiatry

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 51 years of experience
Dr. Henry L. McCurtis MD
Dr. Henry L. McCurtis MD's Expert Contributions

Expert Publications

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Areas of expertise and specialization

AddictionPsychodynamic Psychotherapy

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Trained Residents in Harlem Hospital -
  • Director of Training for Women for Women of the Siera Leone, providing medical care -

Awards

  • Top Psychiatrist in America, Black Enterprises, 2004   

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • Women for Women of Sierra Leone

Internships

  • Columbia University, Harlem Hosptial

Fellowships

  • Bronx Psychiatric Center

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Medical Association, National Medical Association, Black Psychiatrists of America, American Psychiatric Analysis Association

Articles and Publications

  • Several Publications in Journals

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Love for Learning, Fascination with the Human Mind, having meaningful engagement wtih clients.  He sees his job as a priveldege to witness the stories of the journeys of client's lives.

Areas of research

  • I am interested in the vicissitudes of development as manifest in each decade of an individuals life

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • Makeni Medical Missions

Teaching and speaking

  • I taught psychiatric residents from 1979 to 2004 at Harlem Hospital. I began teaching in the psychiatric emergency room in 1979 and proceeded to become the Director of Residency training in 1982. I also assumed responsibility for medical student education in the Department of Psychiatry at Harlem Hospital during this period from 1982 to 2004.

Hobbies / Sports

  • Jogging, History, Jazz, Blues

Dr. Henry L. McCurtis MD's Practice location

146 Central Park West -
New York, New York 10023
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Fax: 646-619-4121

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