On April 5, 2011, Dr. Covert, a psychiatrist in Houston, Texas, attended an important continuing psychiatric education event. The speaker was William M. Glazer, M.D., who has been a member of both the Yale and Harvard Medical School psychiatric faculties. Dr. Glazer spoke on the topic of “Management of Bipolar I or Schizophrenic Patients.” He…
ADHD doctors prescribe stimulants for the treatment of child, adolescent or adult ADHD because it is a neurological disorder caused by the deficiency of the neurotransmitter, epinephrine, in some parts of the brain. After doing a comprehensive psychiatric examination which reveals symptoms of this disorder, standardized tests and questionnaires are administered to confirm and document…
On August 30, 2011, Dr. Covert and his staff and other members of the Houston psychiatric community were invited to attend a scientific presentation entitled “Current Issues in Neuropsychiatry.” The topics included “Monitoring of Patients with Bipolar I disorder or Schizophrenia.” The two speakers were John Docherty, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell Medical College…
Today, Dr. Charles Covert, a Houston Psychiatrist, and his staff were invited to attend an important scientific presentation by Gerald McGuire, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, The University of California Medical School, Irvine. Dr. McGuire’s topic was “Managing Adult Patients with Manic or Mixed Episodes Associated with Bipolar I Disorder or Schizophrenia”.…
On September 4, 2012, Dr. Charles Covert and his staff were pleased by a visit from Rakesh Jain, M.D., a board certified psychiatrist and psychiatric researcher in their Houston Galleria area psychiatric office. Dr. Jain updated us on his recent research projects and other topics: The use of Deplin (L-methylfolate) as a stand-alone treatment of…
On November 12, 2012, members of the Houston psychiatric community were invited to a scientific presentation by Steven Potkin, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine and Robert R. Sprague Endowed Chair in Brain Imaging at University of California, Irvine. Dr. Potkin is a gifted interactional speaker and has been…
Today, Dr. Charles Covert and his staff, along with other Houston psychiatrists, took part in a medical educational program entitled “Managing Adult Patients with Manic or Mixed Episodes Associated with Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia”. The presentation was made by Dr. Daniel K. Suzuki, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California Keck…
If you have recently moved to Houston from abroad or from another state and need a Houston psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Covert is a good option. National mobility has declined in the last few years because of the downturn in the housing industry, making it difficult to sell a home in order to take a new…
20% of adults now take at least one psychotropic medication. The largest increases over the last decade have been in the use of antipsychotic drugs (Abilify, Saphris, Seroquel, Zyprexa) across all ages and the adult use of drugs for ADHD (Concerta, Vyvanse) which tripled among those aged 20 to 44 and doubled among women 45…
On 9/21/10, Dr. Covert participated in ADHD Live!, Expert Discussions on ADHD in Houston, Texas, for physicians who diagnose and treat ADHD. The nationally recognized experts on the panel included: Stephen Stahl, M.D., Ph.D, University of California Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry Melvin Oates, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, NYU Child Study Center Theresa Cerulli,…
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