
Dr. Charles A Dackis MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
51 N 39th St Department Of Psychi Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Charles Dackis is a psychiatrist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Dackis is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Dackis diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Dackis 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. Dackis treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Addiction Psychiatry- 1998
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A commentary on "The role of laboratory tests for alcoholism treatment".
- Cocaine dependence: a disease of the brain's reward centers.
- Recent advances in the pharmacotherapy of cocaine dependence.
- Does modafinil produce euphoria?
- The status of naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence: specific effects on heavy drinking.
- Addictiveness of central stimulants.
- Bromocriptine as treatment of cocaine abuse.
- Central stimulant abuse: neurochemistry and pharmacotherapy.
- New concepts in cocaine addiction: the dopamine depletion hypothesis.
- The relationship of addiction, tolerance, and dependence to alcohol and drugs: a neurochemical approach.
- Role of the laboratory in the evaluation of suspected drug abuse.
- Dexamethasone suppression test testing of depressed alcoholics.
- Bromocriptine.
- Sexual dysfunction secondary to cocaine abuse in two patients.
Awards
- Awards & Recognition
- Recognized by Best Doctors in America2007-2008 2009-2012
Professional Memberships
- Member American Psychiatric Association
- Member Faculty of 1000 in Medicine
- Member New York Academy of Science
- Member South Jersey Psychiatric Association
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