
Dr. Robert Michael Swift M.D., PH.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
830 Chalkstone Ave Providence RI, 02908About
Dr. Robert Swift is a psychiatrist practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Swift is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Swift diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Swift 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. Swift treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1979
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hospital Use of Ethanol Survey (HUES): preliminary results.
- The DRD4 VNTR polymorphism moderates craving after alcohol consumption.
- Ethanol in formularies of US teaching hospitals.
- Naltrexone treatment for alcoholics: effect on cigarette smoking rates.
- Alcohol relapses associated with September 11, 2001: a case report.
- Topiramate for the treatment of alcohol dependence: initiating abstinence.
- Olanzapine reduces craving for alcohol: a DRD4 VNTR polymorphism by pharmacotherapy interaction.
- Current pharmacotherapies of alcoholism: a U.S. perspective.
- Olanzapine attenuates cue-elicited craving for tobacco.
- Development of novel pharmacotherapies for the treatment of alcohol dependence: focus on antiepileptics.
- Pharmacotherapy, pharmacogenomics, and the future of alcohol dependence treatment, part 1.
- Pharmacotherapy, pharmacogenomics, and the future of alcohol dependence treatment, Part 2.
- Cigarette smoking topography in smokers with schizophrenia and matched non-psychiatric controls.
- Subjective and physiological responses to smoking cues in smokers with schizophrenia.
- Challenges and opportunities for medications development in alcoholism: an international perspective on collaborations between academia and industry.
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- Mr. Nathan Linder CNPHartford Ave Providence RI 02909
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Nearest Hospitals
WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLANDl
101 DUDLEY STREET PROVIDENCE RI 2905RHODE ISLAND HOSPITALl
593 EDDY STREET PROVIDENCE RI 2903