Meet Dr. Fieve
Dr. Fieve is a New York Psychopharmacologist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. His practice is conveniently located on Fifth Ave, between 76th and 77th streets, across from Central Park.
Team:
Besides three Board Certified Psychiatrists, Dr. Fieve’s staff also consists of several talented, highly experienced psychotherapists who specialize in psychotherapy as well as standardized psychometric testing for bipolar illness, ADD, ADHD and most other psychiatric conditions. These PhDs / CSWs / therapists are also able to conduct intelligence, personality, and vocational testing if needed.
Research:
Dr. Fieve is an internationally renowned Clinical Psychopharmacologist whose expert opinion is sought world-wide by both patients and colleagues in the areas of Bipolar I and Bipolar II disorders, Clinical Depression, Anxiety and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADHD/ADH). He also specializes in the use of mood stabilizers to treat these disorders and the avoidance of weight gain that occurs in approximately 10% of patients being treated with medications that include lithium carbonate, Cymbalta, Prozac, Effexor, Lexapro, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Depakote, Lamictal, Risperadone, Carbamazepine, Trileptal and others recently marketed. Dr. Fieve and his research team at Fieve Clinical Services, located several floors above the private offices, also specialize in clinical trials of new drugs under development by major pharmaceutical companies. Over the years they have researched many new drugs and have published close to 300 scientific papers in the field of Bipolar Illness and Depression.
Dr. Fieve and his research team have contributed to many scientific books and prestigious professional publications including The Lancet, Nature, American Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Clinical Chemistry, British Journal of Psychiatry, Psychopharmacologia, International Journal of Psychiatry, New York State Journal of Medicine, and Advances in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Diseases of the Nervous System.
Dr. Fieve has also written two best selling books on bipolar disorder, Moodswing and Bipolar II. His other book, Prozac: Questions and Answers for Patients, Family and Physicians, explains the nature of and treatments for clinical depression.
Professional Membership:
+ Fellow, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum
+ Member, American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Lithium
+ Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
+ Member, Psychiatric Research Society
+ Fellow, American Psychopathological Association
+ Member, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases
+ Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Education:
+ University of Wisconsin, M.S. Engineering
+ Harvard Medical School, M.D. in Medicine
+ Bellevue Hospital, Cornell University Medical Division, Intern, Medicine|Cardiology
+ New York Hospital, Cornell University, Resident in Internal Medicine
+ New York State Psychiatric Institute, Resident in Psychiatry
+ Fellow, Columbia University, Community Psychiatric Research and Psychophysiology of Alzheimer's and other Dementias
+ Columbia University Psychoanalytic Clinic for Training and Research, Diplomat in Psychoanalytic Medicine
+ Founder and Trustee of the Foundation for Mood Disorders in New York City
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Medical Affiliations:
+ Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City.
+ Chief of Psychiatric Research, Lithium Studies and Manic Depression Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City.
+ Principal Investigator, Fieve Clinical Services, Inc.
+ Director of Education/Research, Foundation for Mood Disorders, Inc.
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Bipolar II
Dr. Fieve's most recently published "Bipolar II", Rodale Press, October 2006 ifocuses on Bipolar patients with mild bipolarity. Dr. Fieve has discovered that many bipolar II patients are driven, successful, high-achieving individuals who, with the right treatment, can actually turn their illness into an asset. He has labeled these patients "Bipolar II Beneficial" (Bipolar IIB). CLICK ON BOOK FOR MORE INFO OR TO PURCHASE
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Moodswing
Fifteen years ago, this groundbreaking book provided new hope for those whose lives were devastated by moodswings and depression.
Now, in this newly revised and updated edition, Dr. Ronald R. Fieve, the pioneer in the treatment of depression in America, offers an even brighter prognosis. CLICK ON BOOK FOR MORE INFO OR TO PURCHASE
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Prozac
Featured on the cover of Newseek and New York Magazine ...debated on television and radio, written about in daily newspapers, PROZAC has raised hopes and sparked controversies across the country. But how much do you really know about PROZAC, the alleged "miracle drug" that doctors worldwide have employed to help alleviate crippling clinical depression in their patients? |
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