by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | Feb 18, 2020 | Psychotherapy
Princeton Concierge Psychiatry has adopted the concierge model as an enhanced form of patient-focused treatment. The concierge model untethers our practice from insurance company reimbursements. In an effort to make our practice even more accessible to a wider range...
by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | May 25, 2010 | ADHD
In an article entitled “Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Pesticides,” researchers conclude that “…organophosphate [pesticide] exposure, at levels common among US children, may contribute to...
by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | Apr 26, 2010 | Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy
Health insurance companies typically cover a 50-minute initial psychiatric evaluation followed by a 20-minute “med check” every three months or so. The psychiatrist’s role is to diagnose and prescribe. The more involved work of psychotherapy is...
by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | Mar 9, 2010 | Book Reviews, Child Psych
My review of Judith Warner’s new book: We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication (Riverhead, Hardcover, February 23, 2010). In the United States, the debate over diagnosing and treating children and adolescents for psychiatric,...
by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | Feb 16, 2010 | Bipolar Disorder, Child Psych
Concerned parents often ask me, “Does my child have bipolar disorder?” Over the past 11 years, since the publication of the first edition of The Bipolar Child in 1999, this question has become more and more prevalent. Parents who struggle with this...
by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | Feb 2, 2010 | Antidepressants, Medication
Recently, patients have been asking me about reports floating around the Internet that question the effectiveness of antidepressants. The source of most of these reports is a recently published study entitled “Antidepressant drug effects and depression severity:...
by Yitzhak Shnaps, M. D. | Jan 25, 2010 | Autism
In an article published in December 2009 in the Neuroscientist titled “The Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Integration in Autism,” Dr. Dorit Ben Shalom, a researcher from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel offers a novel conceptual framework of known...
