Dr. Andrew Alan Nierenberg MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
50 Staniford St Suite 580 Boston MA, 02114Rating
4/5
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Dr. Andrew Nierenberg is a psychiatrist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Nierenberg is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Nierenberg diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Nierenberg 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. Nierenberg treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1980
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Axis I and Axis II disorder comorbidity in unipolar depression with anger attacks.
- Open study of the catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor tolcapone in major depressive disorder.
- Small numbers, big impact.
- Dysfunctional attitudes and poor problem solving skills predict hopelessness in major depression.
- Compounds containing cytosolic choline in the basal ganglia: a potential biological marker of true drug response to fluoxetine.
- Efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of major depression with comorbid anxiety disorders.
- Mania associated with St. John's wort.
- Evolution of remission as the new standard in the treatment of depression.
- Tridimensional personality questionnaire and treatment response in major depressive disorder: a negative study.
- Anxiety disorders in major depression.
- Strategies for managing depression refractory to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment: a survey of clinicians.
- Partial response, nonresponse, and relapse with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in major depression: a survey of current "next-step" practices.
- Nutrition and depression: focus on folate.
- Deficits in visual cognition and attention following bilateral anterior cingulotomy.
- Evidence of early onset of antidepressant effect in randomized controlled trials.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Depression
Fellowships
- Yale University, CT, Fellow 1984
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