Princeton Psychiatrist Offers Unique Solutions for Severe Child/Teen Therapy

PRLog (Press Release) - Mar 18, 2010 -
PRINCETON, NJ — Taken from Gandhi’s approach of non-violent resistance as a form of protest against tyranny, Princeton psychiatrist Dr. Yitzhak Shnaps, MD has adopted Non-Violence Resistance (NVR) as a successful method for treating children and teenagers with behavioral, learning, and mood disorders.

Though very few psychiatrists provide this method of treatment, it universalizes the family approach to grooming and encouraging the patient, increases parents’ confidence in their efforts, and most importantly, decreases or removes the child’s disorders without any negative effects.

NVR treatment is a “combined psychotherapy” strategy that treats the patient and trains the family in how to reinforce treatment. Whereas other treatment methods train the child to change through consequence-based strategies or through communication, which only works when the child is willing to communicate, NVR treatment stifles negative behavior utilizing compassion, caring, understanding, and empathy.

“NVR is a revolutionary approach to adolescent therapy,” says Dr. Shnaps, Princeton psychiatrist (http://princetonpsychiatrist.com/). "Besides myself, there isn't a single adult or child psychiatrist among NJ psychiatrists who has been formally trained in it. By understanding the child’s point of view while providing unconditional support, the patient gradually opens up. Once this breakthrough occurs, the hard work is over and the child is willing to change rather than begrudgingly obliging to treatment. The difference in effectiveness between these methods is astounding.”

NVR is a preferred and innovative treatment method for severe mood, behavioral, and learning disorders in child and adolescent psychiatry adds Dr. Shnaps. Due to NVR’s passive nature, the treatment method is highly acceptable for volatile and fragile patients alike. A great benefit to Dr. Shnaps’s NVR treatment is that once the adolescent is ready for therapy to correct any disorders exhibited.

Dr. Shnaps is certified to provide both psychotherapy as well as psychopharmacology which is the exception among NJ child psychiatrists as well as NJ adult psychiatrists, which allows patients to receive both therapy and any medication to facilitate behavioral change under one roof.

“There are very few NJ child psychiatrists and adult psychiatrists providing both medicinal and psychological treatment,” says Dr. Shnaps. “Providing both of these services allows me to know my patients on a higher level than other psychiatrists. This also allows for more accurate diagnosis.”

Amongst all of the Princeton psychiatrists(http://princetonpsychiatrist.com/treatment-approaches), Dr. Yitzhak Shnaps is the only doctor of medicine (MD)who combines NVR at times with CPS (collaborative Problem Solving) for  patients of all age groups, focusing on mood, behavioral, psychotic, and Autistic Spectrum disorders. The New Jersey psychiatrist also specializes in learning disorders and other health issues.

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To learn more about New Jersey psychiatrist Dr. Yitzhak Shnaps' Intensive Combined Therapy and Collaborative Problem Solving, visit Dr. Shnaps’ Web site: princetonpsychiatrist.com/ or call (609) 921-7878 for more information.

About Dr. Yitzhak Shnaps, MD
Yitzhak Shnaps, MD provides integrated psychiatric treatment and psychological counseling for individuals along the lifespan. He specializes in psychiatry, with expertise in Mood Disorders, Learning and Behavioral Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, and other mental health issues in individual, family, and school settings.

Dr. Shnaps is a graduate of the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel and performed his Psychiatric Residency and Psychiatric Chief Residency at Albert Einstein Medical College, Bronx, New York. His academic and administrative appointments have included Chief, Dual Diagnosis Services – Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, New Jersey; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey; and Courtesy Medical Staff, University Medical Center at Princeton, New Jersey.

He is board certified (an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate), is licensed to practice medicine in the State of New Jersey, and has DEA (US Drug Enforcement Agency) certification. He has received the Sandoz Award for Excellence in Psychiatry from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has been named one of the Best Doctors in America, first selected in 1996. Dr. Shnaps is a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and an affiliate member with both the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the International Society for the Research of Aggression (ISRA) and has authored and co-authored clinical and research publications in peer reviewed medical journals.

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