Fabbri Psychiatry

 

 

REMO FABBRI, JR., M.D., P.C.

32 Trumbull Street

New Haven, Connecticut 06511

203-787-4589

 

 

 

 

 

Short Bio

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Private outpatient practice of Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology and Psychosomatic Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971 to present.

Subspecialties: anxiety, depression, and psychophysiologic disorders including ADHD. Experience with over 4,000 private adult and adolescent patients.

 

Consulting Psychiatrist, Woodhouse Academy, Orange, CT, 2003 to present.

Consultant in educational program for socially and emotionally challenged high school students.

 

 

AREAS OF SPECIAL CLINICAL EXPERTISE

 

Consultation Practice in Psychopharmacology and Psychophysiologic Disorders;

Adolescent and Adult ADHD (outpatient clinician Adderall re-introduction studies);

Personality and Habit Disorders, including addiction/dependency disorders; 

Stress and Sexual Disorders;

Behavioral Therapy and Hypnosis.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1968-1971; inpatient and outpatient clinical training, including one-year fellowship at Yale University Department of Mental Hygiene. 

Senior Research Fellow, Dana Psychiatric Clinic, Yale New Haven Hospital, 1970.

Bryn Mawr Hospital, Internship (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Emergency Medicine), 1964-1965;

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1965.

 

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, M.D., 1964.

 

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, B.A. magna cum laude, History and Biochemistry, 1960.

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Philosophy

 

 

The keystone of all treatment is the intake evaluation.  This is a panoramic investigation of your presenting problem.  The initial phase consists of a series of psychological screening tests, medical histories, symptom reviews, etc.  For average situations it requires about 45 minutes of time.  Then Dr. Fabbri personally reviews the information before conducting the clinical interview.  This series of materials has been used over more than twenty-five years and constitutes a major database.  Many times even physical problems, hitherto untreated, are delineated and allow the patient to be referred for collaborative, comprehensive care.

 

The second phase of the intake evaluation is the clinical interview with Dr. Fabbri.  This generally requires sixty minutes and consists of a review of your history, discussion of your own observations and results of previous treatment experiences where pertinent.  During this meeting a mental status examination is performed and the earlier testing results are discussed.  Once completed, Dr. Fabbri will discuss the “working diagnosis” with you and offer his suggestions about treatment options.  Thereupon a collaborative decision about treatment is made and when possible preliminary therapy is initiated.

 

Remember, there is no preset formula for treatment plans. Patients and the doctor jointly decide upon how to proceed and at what intensity to do so.  Some people come every week for psychotherapy, behavior therapy, or hypnotherapy, and may or may not, also need to take medication.  Other patients come less frequently and/or for shorter sessions.  Some people come monthly or even less often if they are stable and require minimal medication management.  On the other hand, patients who live at a distance or who have complicated needs can make use of “time compression therapy” whereby they can schedule intensive therapy sessions lasting up to three hours per half-day session.  This approach frequently allows “therapeutic work” to be done that would otherwise necessitate weeks or months of therapy.

 

 

 

 

 

Mental Training for Competitive Athletes

 

 

In addition to traditional patient care, Dr. Fabbri also assists competitive athletes through programs of intensive mental training.  Although his greatest experience has been with high-level golfers (one of his trainees is currently on the L.G.P.A. tour) and competitive marksmen, he has also worked with skiers, tennis players, and track and field athletes. 

 

The goal of all mental training with competitive athletes is to eliminate areas of distracting anxiety, enhance the maintenance of perfect form, and facilitate that high performance state known as “the zone”.  

 

Given the scheduling requirements of the successful, competitive athlete, this type of training most often follows the “time compression” model.  If an athlete lives nearby, less intense programs can be arranged.  Just as with typical “patients”, no one model exists for everyone – each person is evaluated as an individual, and a custom program is designed to meet their needs.

 

 

 

 

 

Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Life Member of the American Psychiatric Association, New Haven Medical Association

Member and Past President of the New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis