Dr. Robert GalatzerLevy
Child Psychiatry
Chicago, IL
52 years experience male
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Dr. Galatzer-Levy is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who works with individuals of all ages. He also works at the interface of psychiatry and the law. He is a popular teacher at the University of Chicago as well as maintaining a private practice.
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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
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis
Forensic Psychiatry
Psychoanalysis
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robert GalatzerLevyanswered
Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
The right dentist: There are dentist who specialize in working with people who are made anxious by dental care. Find one, they can be really helpful.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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No: The neurologist oliver saks has a great new book out "hallucination" in which he describes the many sources of things like hearing voices. If you are ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Be Straightforward: Let the doctor do the work. Honestly describe your symptoms, answer her questions as best you can, take any tests she thinks are indicated. In the con... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Need careful eval: This is a question that can only be answered by your psychiatrist after careful evaluation. If you are currently depressed this is the most likely cau... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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It may be: Part of the definition of a disorder is if something causes distress to yourself or others. If your shifting mood is a problem for you (or those aroun... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Get support: For almost all types of disability there are support groups for parents. These can be enormously helpful because you will meet people who have struggl... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Great book: A new york times best seller, the happiness project, is all about this. There are all kinds of things to do from getting more sleep to learning to app... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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No: Each is a separate condition. However, many autistic people engage in repetitive acts. These often do not seem to be compulsive, however, in that rat... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Any _action_ you can take that gives you a chance to see that nothing dreadful happens when you interact with people will help overcome anxiety about ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
See your doctor: Adderall (dextroamphetamine and racemic amphetamine) should not make you sick. You need to discuss this with your prescribing physician.
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Use your judgment: A psychiatrist should be able to explain in plain english how s/he reached a diagnosis and what it means for the patient. I would go with the doctor w... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Comprehensive eval: While there are some standard ways to assess autism they are best used as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the child. You are very wise to have t... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Get help: Compulsive eating, i.e., eating in a way that doesn't fit with your own goals is very hard to control without professional help. Approaches like cogn... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Talk to her: Tell her that you are concerned about her well being and that you've noticed things that seem to fit with your concern. If you can let her know that r... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Very like yes: Often people with learning disabilities can be helped to learn by trying different methods of instruction. For example people learn to read in a varie... Read More
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A female asked:
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Explain it to her: Three year old are able to talk with you about stopping breast feeding. Explain how you plan to cut back on giving her the breast and try to comfort h... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Get facts: While abuse as a child can contribute to stress disorders and other conditions most abused individuals can be psychologically healthy. Schizophrenia i... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Sometimes: Unfortunately some children this young are psychotic and one recognized approach to their treatment is antipsychotics. Obviously the diagnosis should ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
They are different: Bipolar disorder refers to a group of conditions whose major feature is some form of depression and/or mania. It remits and returns spontaniously. Sc... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Yes: A range of effective treatments are available for psychotic depressions and they often get better on their own (if the patient survives since suicide ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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A disrupted life: Although the source of the depression cannot be determined from what you say, your friend needs to know that moving to a new community and the disrupt... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Don't push him: Like all of us when stress autistic people find it even harder to communicate. Don't urge him to be less timid but instead express real interest in w... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
It can: Attachment problem have many causes but one is having the same person be dangerous and someone to whom it would be natural to be attached. This often ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Yes: He can and may benefit from doing so provided that the school will work with him, you, and his therapist to make it a useful experience.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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12 step programs: The main feature of an addiction is when you are no longer in charge and that't what you are describing. !2 step program, like aa seem to be the most ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
They are increased: Compulsive sexual activity is often a form of addiction which has combined biological and psychological roots. Your children may inherit biologically ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Yes: A child whose hearing is impaired obviously may not respond normally to verbal social cues and may also simply misunderstand what is said to her. Thes... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Psychotherapy: Bullying leave people fearful and with painful beliefs about themselves. Various forms of psychotherapy that help the victim think through these effec... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Not rare: Wellbutrin (bupropion) nightmares are not rare. Besides being distressing in themselves they may also indicate that the drug is over activating for yo... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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No: Though some symptoms overlap they are quite distinct disorders.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Double dose of genes: Genetic disorders are more likely to show up from incest because people who are related have many genes in common. Usually the genes that cause geneti... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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A common problem: Finding the right medication, including possibly no medication, can be a real challenge. The problem is that sometimes the cure is worse than the dise... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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What it says: "learning difficulties" is a term used for a wide variety of problems people have in learning. They can range all the way from biologically based trou... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Sometimes overlap: Psychopath -- lacks conscience
sociopath --- recurrently in legal trouble
borderline --- unstable relations with people, fluid identity, feelings of... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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No - its dangerous: Assuming you mean attempts to change sexual orientation these intervention usual do not work in the long run, cause enormous distress to the teen and ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Set Clear Boundaries: Set clear boundaries and stick to them. Sometimes these have to be severe, e.g. Not allowing the person in your home. Remember that the usual controls... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Yes, but: Although major depressive illness involves recurring episodes many people live essentially normal lives despite the illness. The major trick is to rec... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Psychological measur: Various psychological interventions ranging from learning relaxations techniques to psychodynamic understanding of the causes of the panic have been d... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Adderall (dextroamphetamine and racemic amphetamine) but: Adderall (dextroamphetamine and racemic amphetamine) is the first medication i recommend but
1) only after careful evaluation that it is adhd
2) onl... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Parent Support Group: Although there are classes that try to teach parenting my impression is that in the long run the most successful involve groups of parents and expecti... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Embarassment: People with eating disorders either 1) eat in a way they know is odd and are embarrassed and/or 2) they are trying to hid a symptom of the eating diso... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
ADHD can be a trigge: Adhd often makes interpersonal interactions more difficult leading to anxiety and irritation with others. Michelle novotni's book, "what does everybod... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Address autism sympt: If the depression is really about being autistic discovering that you can do something about many of the symptoms of autism would help. Learning how t... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
To lose more weight: By increasing the amount defecated an individual temporarily loses additional weight, which is the goal of many people with eating disorders.
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Yes: As school requires most sustained attention problems with adhd can become a greater interference in academic performance.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
It may: Depending on the test some tests give a false positive with Ritalin (methylphenidate).
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Think audience: Think about to whom it is you are trying to explain and fit the explanation to them and the situation. For example, many kids don't understand that au... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Polite but distant: Limit interactions to work, always being polite but not emotionally engage. Discuss the problem with your HR dept if it makes work hard. There are sev... Read More
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Child Psychiatry 52 years experience
Possibly: Many people have learning disabilities that interfere with learning and many aspects of their lives. A neuropsychologist can often define the specific... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Their clinic: The Monroe Cavell Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has an outstanding child and adolescent clinic that can provide a first rate evaluation of your so... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. GalatzerLevy is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. GalatzerLevy is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I really appreciate your answer. My daughter has ASD and it's very much like learning a new language once your child is dx. Education and support from family and other A...Read More
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This made me feel good. Thanks! I am actually worried about future hair loss as my father and grandfather are nearly bald but knowing that it depends on mother's gene helped me relax
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I have an appointment this week, so I'll discuss this with my psychiatrist. Thank you so much for your input!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Washington University Medical School
Graduated 1971MD
Residency
University of Chicago
Awards
Top Child Psychiatrist , First Place, Illinois - Winter
2013
Top Child Psychiatrist , First Place, Illinois - Summer
2013
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