Dr. Sanders is a board-certified psychiatrist.\u00a0 He is able to treat the full spectrum of emotional, psychiatric and addictive disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has advanced training in both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy and is comfortable using both kinds of treatment alone and in combination. He frequently works in concert with both other therapists and other medical doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Sanders maintains a private office. You can be assured of discretion and confidentiality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are interested in his services, please call (516) 252-1777<\/strong> or email Dr. Sanders at dr@michael-sanders-md.com<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A consultation is just that.\u00a0 A patient seeks a single visit with a doctor seeking an opinion about a problem.\u00a0 Treatment options are discussed but the patient decides whether or not to pursue treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Psychotherapy is a general name for a host of ‘talk therapies’ including psychodynamic therapy, psychoanalysis, cognitive therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Psychopharmacology is the use of medications that affect the nervous system and by extension mood, perception and concentration.\u00a0 Doctors can use medications to treat depression, anxiety, psychosis (distortions in a person’s ability to perceive reality) and addictions. Addiction is the harmful use of medications or drugs that a person has great difficulty controlling and that has deleterious effects on his or her life.\u00a0 For example an addiction to alcohol or alcoholism is the continued use of harmful amounts of alcohol despite grave effects on a persons life and health. Getting Started Dr. Sanders is a board-certified psychiatrist.\u00a0 He is able to treat the full spectrum of emotional, psychiatric and addictive disorders. He has advanced training in both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy and is comfortable using both kinds of treatment alone and in combination. He frequently works in concert with both other therapists and other medical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-sanders-md.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Consultation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Psychotherapy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Psychopharmacology<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Some patients are best served by long acting depot medications.\u00a0 Dr. Sanders offers injection treatment of the follwing medications: Risperdal Consta, Vivitrol (Naltrexone), Haloperidol and Fluphenazine Decanoate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\naddiction treatment<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Modern medicine has medical and behavioral treatments that can help a person break free of life-destroying addictions. These treatments include buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence and naltrexone, disulfiram and acamprosate for alcohol dependence. \u00a0 There are other treatments for benzodiazepine, cocaine and stimulant addictions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"