Dr. Stephen A. Baskin, MD

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Primary: Psychiatrist

Sub-Specialty: General

Additional Specialties: Psychiatry

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North Hills, Claremont Elmwood

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Steven Baskin MD

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Phone: (510) 845-0748

Address: 2999 Regent St Ste 422, Berkeley, CA 94705

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Due to the strong element of co-morbidity (more than one diagnosis), psychiatrists must take time to evaluate further the above-mentioned co- morbid conditions. Most often, these conditions need to be treated first and stabilized before you treat the ADHD. In actual practice, we treat the more severe disorder first. Once co-morbid conditions are stabilized, then the patient can be treated for ADHD. Sometimes, the patient will say, “If I could only concentrate and finish my assignments at work or school, I would not be depressed or anxious.” The clinician has to delineate between anxiety and depression that both seem secondary to ADHD versus anxiety and depression that are independent of ADHD. In most patients, if depression and anxiety are secondary to ADHD symptoms, I will treat ADHD first, but if the depression and anxiety are not caused by ADHD, I will treat the more severe co-morbid disorder first. In terms of a full evaluation, a psychiatrist must rule out any history of cardiovascular or heart disease, hypertension or narrow angle glaucoma – as these are the three medical conditions that make the use of stimulants contraindicated. Stimulants are still at this time considered one of the first line treatments for ADHD.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Dr. Steve Baskin, a Berkeley, California Psychiatrist specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (Adult ADD, Adult ADHD) for the past 22 years.
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Mental Health
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric diagnosis in children, but until 10 to 15 years ago, its validity as an adult diagnosis was controversial. We now know that most childhood ADHD continues into adulthood and remains present throughout the life cycle. Recent studies from 2005 show that adult ADHD effects 4.4% of the U.S. population and 4.2% of the population in developing countries worldwide. This means that approximately 8 to 10 million people in the United States alone have adult ADHD- a much higher figure than what was previously thought. To give this perspective, the prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder in the United States is 1% (and 1% worldwide) and that of schizophrenia is also 1% in the United States (and 1% worldwide). Mental health practitioners have just started to realize how vast a problem this is and how important it is to recognize, diagnose and treat adult ADHD as early as possible. Adult ADHD has, so to speak, “come out of the closet” in the last 5 to 10 years. It is a disabling condition that most often, when untreated, has devastating effects on the individual’s work, school, family and social life.
Psychiatry
I have been in private practice psychiatry since 1984 in the same location in Berkeley, California. I grew up in the Bay Area. I am a graduate of UC Berkeley and University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. From 1984 to 1990, I was one of the main psychiatric consultants to Alta Bates Hospital (all medical units a cardiac unit, dialysis unit, bone marrow transplant unit, oncology unit, burn center, chemical dependency unit and respiratory care unit) in addition to having my regular outpatient psychiatric practice of medication and psychotherapy. I specialize in the treatment of adult ADD and have for the last 16 years. Currently, I am treating approximately 200 patients (many UC Berkeley students, but people of all ages) for adult ADD. An article I published is enclosed in the website. It is very easy to read. It summarizes the prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of adult ADD. I also specialize in mood disorders (depression, bipolar I and bipolar II) and anxiety disorders (PTSD, social anxiety, panic attacks, stress/panic and generalized anxiety disorder).
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