
Dr. James N Jacobson MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
444 LIBERTY AVE PITTSBURGH PA, 15222About
Dr. James Jacobson is a psychiatrist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Jacobson is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Jacobson diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Jacobson 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. Jacobson treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Spartan Hlth Sci Univ, Vieux Fort, St Lucia 1984
Spartan Health Sciences University, School of Medicine,Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia 1984
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dysphagia due to disc degeneration.
- The radiological investigation of the traumatized ankle.
- Amoebiasis causing intestinal obstruction.
- Localization of an ingested foreign body in the abdomen.
- Hypophosphataemic glycosuric rickets (Fanconi syndrome) radiological features.
- [Abscess formation, involving the wall of the cervical oesophagus, and extending into the right superior mediastinum].
- Anorgasmia caused by an MAOI.
- In memoriam. Gustav Kloeckner.
- Chordoid sarcoma of the hand. A case report.
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Practice At 330 South 9th Street
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