FredricSchiffer, MDMD

Psychiatry • Newton, MA

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Office
30 Lincoln St
Newton, MA 02461
Phone+1 617-969-1188

Fax+1 781-237-9620

Clinical Expertise

Post-traumatic stress disorder, Depression, Anxiety disorders, Substance abuse

Education & Training

MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1971

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1973 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

A Project to Test the Efficacy and Safety of An Innovative Treatment for Opiate Use Disorders. Start of enrollment: 2024 Jan 22
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Efficacy And Safety Of An Innovative Treatment Of Opiate Use Disorders Start of enrollment: 2019 Nov 12
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Individual Differences in Hemispheric Emotional Valence by Computerized Test Correlate with Lateralized Differences in Nucleus Accumbens, Hippocampal and Amygdala Volu...
Fredric Schiffer, Alaptagin Khan, Kyoko Ohashi, Laura C Hernandez Garcia, Carl M Anderson
Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 2022-01-01
1 citations
Dual-Brain Psychology: A novel theory and treatment based on cerebral laterality and psychopathology.
Fredric Schiffer
Frontiers in Psychology. 2022-01-01
6 citations
An Effective and Safe Novel Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Unilateral Transcranial Photobiomodulation.
Fredric Schiffer, Alaptagin Khan, Elizabeth A. Bolger, Edward Flynn, William P Seltzer
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021-08-10

Books/Book Chapters

Of Two Minds
Fredric SchifferEdition 2nd,2001

Grant Support

A Studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel treatment for opioid abuseNIH/NIDA2019–2025

Research History

Research Associate at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolMember of the Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program at McLean1990 - Present

Professional Memberships

American Psychiatric Association - APA
Member

Industry Relationships

Founder, MindLight, LLCunilateral transcranial photobiomodulation for psychiatric disorders2018 - Present

External Links

DBPhttp://www.dualbrainpsychology.com