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David J. Hellerstein, MD
Dr. David J. Hellerstein is Director of Medical Communications at the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. He is a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

He specializes in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, with a particular focus on the medication treatment of dysthymia, or low-grade chronic depression. Dr. Hellerstein is also Director of the Mood Disorders Research Program in New York, part of the Depression Evaluation Service, which conducts studies on the medication treatment of chronic depression.

The Author
Dr. Hellerstein has also received national recognition for his literary writing, and has been awarded the Pushcart Prize and several MacDowell Colony Fellowships. His books include A Family of Doctors (a memoir of five generations of doctors in one family)among others, and his journalism has been published in magazines including Harper’s and The New York Times Magazine.

Research Studies
Dr. Hellerstein's current studies include:

Duloxetine for chronic depression: a double-blind study with MRI scanning