Jeffrey Deitz, MD is a Psychiatrist in Private Practice
Get to know Psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Deitz, who treats patients in New York and Connecticut.
Dr. Deitz is a board-certified psychiatrist, accomplished psychoanalyst, as well as a published author and screenwriter. He maintains a private psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (CBT) practice in NYC, New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut. Moreover, Dr. Deitz is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in North Haven, Connecticut (2013 – Present).
Dr. Deitz earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. He then pursued a medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and graduated in 1974. He spent the final three months of medical school conducting neuroscience research at Johns Hopkins Medical School. For his residency in psychiatry, Dr. Deitz joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System and completed his specialty training in 1977. He also trained in psychoanalysis through the Philadelphia Institute of Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Deitz became board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1980 The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1934 as a method of identifying the qualified specialists in psychiatry and neurology. The ABPN is one of 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Furthermore, he is board-certified in psychoanalysis through the American Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and is also board-certified in addiction medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptions related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions.
A Supervisor for the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology in New York (1993 – Present), Dr. Deitz remains an active member of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He has been published in the New York Times, The Huffington Post, and other media outlets since 2007 on topics ranging from sports psychology to sleep deprivation and the power of psychotherapy. He is also the author of Intensive Therapy: A Novel, a medical and psychological thriller about an enduring relationship between psychoanalyst and patient.
Outside his professional commitments, he has contributed regularly to The Rail, the New York Times blog about horse racing, one of his lifelong interests. Dr. Deitz enjoys spending his downtime with his family. He is also the author of the novel Intensive Therapy, the story of an enduring relationship between therapist and patient.
Learn more about Dr. Jeffrey Deitz:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1195202-Jeffrey-Deitz-Psychiatrist, or through his website, http://www.jeffreydeitz.com/about/
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