
Dr. Joseph Robert Volpicelli MD PHD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
40 W Evergreen Ave Suite 106 Philadelphia PA, 19118About
Dr. Joseph Volpicelli is a psychiatrist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Volpicelli is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Volpicelli diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Volpicelli 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. Volpicelli treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1981
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1981
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of naltrexone on alcohol and cocaine use in dually addicted patients.
- Open trials as a method of prioritizing medications for inclusion in controlled trials for cocaine dependence.
- Psychometric properties of the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale.
- The NMDA receptor partial agonist, 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (ACPC), reduces ethanol consumption in the rat.
- Psychosocially enhanced treatment for cocaine-dependent mothers: evidence of efficacy.
- Improving naltrexone response: an intervention for medical practitioners to enhance medication compliance in alcohol dependent patients.
- Gender and psychiatric comorbidity: impact on clinical presentation of alcohol dependence.
- 6-beta-naltrexol reduces alcohol consumption in rats.
- Amantadine in the treatment of cocaine-dependent patients with severe withdrawal symptoms.
- The effect of antagonists selective for mu- and delta-opioid receptor subtypes on alcohol consumption in C57BL/6 mice.
- The effect of gamma-vinyl-GABA on the consumption of concurrently available oral cocaine and ethanol in the rat.
- Effectiveness of propranolol for cocaine dependence treatment may depend on cocaine withdrawal symptom severity.
- Effect of acamprosate and naltrexone, alone or in combination, on ethanol
- Predicting treatment response to naltrexone: the influence of craving and family history.
- Alcohol abuse and alcoholism: an overview.
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