Joshua D. Bess
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Dr. Joshua D. Bess

Psychiatry
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center -- Seattle Office
805 Madison Street, Suite 401, 
Seattle, WA 
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Expertise in
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conditions
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center -- Seattle Office
805 Madison Street, Suite 401, 
Seattle, WA 
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Overview

"Dr. Bess provides comprehensive evaluation and care for ""treatment-resistant"" psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder using a range of brain stimulation treatments including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS). For more information, please visit www.seattlentc.com".

Dr. Bess is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Major Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Alzheimer's Disease.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Michigan Medical School , 2004
Residency
University of Michigan Medical School , 2008
Specialties
Psychiatry
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in MI
Board Certifications
American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center -- Seattle Office
805 Madison Street, Suite 401, Seattle, WA
Call: 206-467-6300

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Bess has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Antisocial Personality Disorder
Delirium
Dementia
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Schizoaffective Disorder
Cyclothymic Disorder
Schizophrenia
Conversion Disorder
Alzheimer's Disease

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Total Publications

A Case for rTMS in Late Life Depression with Comorbid Alzheimer's Dementia.
A Case for rTMS in Late Life Depression with Comorbid Alzheimer's Dementia.
Journal: Brain stimulation
Published: November 02, 2015
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