Dr. Arman Danielyan
Child Psychiatry
Walnut Creek, CA
31 years experience male
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Arman Danielyan MD
Walnut Creek, CA
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John Muir Behavioral Health
Concord, CA
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Child Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Languages spoken
Armenian, English, Russian
Doctor Q&A
72 Answers
34 Agrees
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Arman Danielyananswered
Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
6 and above: Officially, psychostimulants (adhd medications) are fda approved for use in kids age 6 yo and above. However, in clinical practice we do used them som... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Mood stabilizers: Mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics both used for treatment of bipolar disorder. The choice depends on what phase of the illness you are in, ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Agoraphobia: Agoraphobia often is art of panic disorder. Agoraphobia is the fear of being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or in which ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Hepatatis, depressio: The antidepressants are metabolized through the liver. If your fiance has hepatitis, you may want to ask her treating physician about considering Pris... Read More
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A member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression treatment: Medications typically help, but as dr. Hossain mentioned, you may benefit from other treatment approaches, including various types of psychotherapy. M... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression anxiety: People with untreated body dysmorphic disorder often suffer from depression and anxiety. If untreated, the severity of your condition may also get wor... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
ADHD: ADHD is common. About 7.8% of kids in the USA have ADHD. If untreated, ADHD may affects lives of children/adolescents significantly. It includes their... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Substance abuse: You should also be careful not to miss substance abuse in teenagers. Psychostimulants in particular (ritalin (methylphenidate) and others) are known t... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Prozac (fluoxetine) for depressio: You can start with 20 mg for a week, then continue with 40. Prozac (fluoxetine) has the longest half life among the antidepressants.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Crying and depressio: You should talk to a professional to make sure you are not suffering from depression. Excessive crying, or "feel like crying" is often associated with... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression treatment: First of all, you should somehow get evaluated and formally diagnosed with depression (or major depressive disorder, as it is called) prior to conside... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Adderall (dextroamphetamine and racemic amphetamine) dose: The fda recommended max dose is 60 mg/day for Adderall (dextroamphetamine and racemic amphetamine) xr, and 40 mg/day for adderall (dextroamphetamine a... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Missed doses: The best strategy is not to forget to take your medications. You may use pill-box organizers and set up reminders in order to take your meds on time. ... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Inattention hyperact: As the name says, two major categories of symptoms are: inattention (problems focusing, paying attention, distractability, forgetfulness) and hyperact... Read More
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A member asked:
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None: It is not approved by either. It is used however by many practitioners for treatment of bipolar disorder.
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Yes: It certainly may trigger depression, as any other chronic stressful situation can.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
GAD: The first step is to make sure you do truly have generalized anxiety disorder. For that, you will have to see a psychiatrist who can diagnose it. If y... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Bipolar depression: Latuda (lurasidone) is one of only 3 medications that have approval for bipolar depression. Based on recent studies, it also seems to be one of the mo... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression: It depends on what do you mean by "depression". If you have what's called major depressive disorder, then you should seek a professional help from you... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Nightmares: Medication called prazosin or Minipress has been used off label for treatment of nightmares associated with ptsd. You should talk to your doctor.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Relax, see a doctor: More information is needed to answer. But in general, try to do healthy stuff first: eath heatly, exercise, have good sleep hygiene. If that doesnt wo... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
BPD vs GAD: Bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder are completely different psychiatric conditions. They, however, often may coexist or be "comorbid". ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Bipolar disagnosis: I agree with dr. Munir that you should see a psychiatrist for a formal psychiatric evaluation and diagnostic assessment. In general, however, symptoms... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Tremors: I agree with dr. Weinstock that your tremors could be anxiety related, or could be related to various possible underlying issues. I agree that you sho... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression and SUD: The are. People suffering from depression tend to overuse illicit drugs or alcohol for a temporary relief. Long term it makes your depression worse an... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Bipolar depression: Basically no. If left untreated, it may even get worse and lead to worsening of depressive symptoms and possible suicidal thinking. Although various t... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Alcohol depression: In addition, alcohol by itself is a central nervous system depressant.
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A 56-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Risperidone in elder: Risperidone, as well as other atypical antipsychotics have fda black box warning indicating "increased mortality in elderly patients with dementia- re... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
ADHD antipsychotics: The short answer is no. Atypical antipsychotics are not fda approved and do not work for treatment of just adhd. If however your child has adhd with c... Read More
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A 57-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Antidepressants : If it is the first episode of depression, the initial trial should last for st lesast six months to a year. Very often you may need it for many years.... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Common: It is pretty common for someone who is depressed to have suicidal or morbid thoughts. You should talk to a professional and stay safe until you have y... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
GAD: Generalized anxiety disorder is a diagnosis. Have you already been diagnosed? Or, do you refer to having some symptoms of anxiety? If you want to be f... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Healthy lifestyle : There are many things you can do. Try to eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, you may consider doing some yoga. However, i would still recommend tha... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Borderline PD: Borderline personality disorder is the way one's personality is constructed. Those with bpd typically have unstalble inerpersonal relationships, unsta... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
IBS: From a psychiatric perspective, treatment of underlying depression and even more importantly, of anxiety, often alleviates symptoms of ibs.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
ADHD and depression: Yes and yes. Vyvanse is highly effective for treatment of adhd, and wellbutrin (bupropion) xl for depression. The risk of seizure goes up, especially ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Bipolar risk: Yes, you should see a psychiatrist soon. Bipolar disorder is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. You should get your mood symptoms un... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
BPD: I don't believe it is truly possible to prevent the development of the actual disorder. However, if you are "at risk", which means you have some of th... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression: The best course of action is to seek professional help. We all have our 'ups and downs". You should see a professional, ie, a psychiatrist, to see if ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Antidepressant SE: There are several side effects associated with the use of prozac (fluoxetine), (fluoxetine) including unusual activation, sexual side effects, increas... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Vitamins interaction: Some vitamins may in fact affect the so called p450 metabolic pathway in our liver, which is responsible for breaking down most of the other pills we ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Voices : Not necessarily. For schizophrenia diagnosis you need to have hallucination, auditory or visual, as well as delusions ( false beliefs) plus disorganiz... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Fatigue: You should first see your primary care physician to make sure there are no medical reasons that contribute to your fatigue. Hypothyroidism, anemia, an... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Bipolar disorder: It is highly genetic illness. There is about 70 % chance of child to have bipolar disorder if both parents have been diagnosed with it as well.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
ADHD and ODD: Adhd is often comorbid with oppositional defiant disorder. Combination of medications with therapy usually works the best , both for the patient and h... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
ADHD: The "official" name is adhd. It has 3 suptypes: inattentive, hyperactive and combined. The symptoms of adhd include in attention, problems focusing, f... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression symptoms: As dr. Nash mentioned, you may be suffering from depression if you have a certain combination of depressive symptoms. You can do some some self rating... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
Depression: What you are describing sounds like depression. You should see your primary doctor to have some basic medical workup done first to rule out any medica... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 31 years experience
No tests: There are no specific diagnostic tests for depression. It is a clinical diagnosis. You should do some medical tests to rule out medical causes of depr... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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No: Although anxiety may make you feel like you are going to die, you can't actually "die " from anxiety.
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This saved my life. Thank You! This is saving my Fiance's life, he has been over prescribed for yrs.
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Yerevan State Medical University
MD
Medical/Graduate school
Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia
Graduated 1992MD
Residency
University of Cincinnati
Awards
Educational Outreach Program Award for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents
Pilot Research Award by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Residency Research Award for Excellence in Research
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