Dr. Jason P. Caplan

Jason P. Caplan, MD, FAPA, FAPM is the Chair of Psychiatry at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Dr. Caplan is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine.  Dr. Caplan's expertise centers on the psychiatric care of the medically ill patient, particularly on the prevention and management of delirium. He has authored many journal articles and textbook chapters on various aspects of the practice of psychiatry in the medical hospital and serves on the editorial board of two major psychiatric journals. He has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and is a member of the Association for Academic Psychiatry and the American Neuropsychiatric Association.Dr. Caplan received his medical degree from the Creighton University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program and fellowship in psychosomatic medicine/consultation psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital.  For more information, please call 602-406-5278.My mission, along with the St. Joseph Medical Group, is to focus on innovative clinical care and the pursuit of excellence through scholarly activities. This allows me to provide patients with state-of-the-art patient services and exceptional patient experiences.

Dr. Caplan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Conversion Disorder. His top areas of expertise are Schizoaffective Disorder, Dementia, and Conversion Disorder.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 38 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Conversion Disorder.