Amir Garakani, MD - New Canaan, CT

Amir Garakani, MD

Psychiatry Physician in New Canaan, Connecticut

NPI 1497856520

Amir Garakani is a Psychiatry Physician based in New Canaan, CT and is specialized in Psychiatry. Amir Garakani practices in New Canaan, CT and has the professional credentials of MD. The NPI Number for Amir Garakani is 1497856520 and holds a License No. 229479-1 (Connecticut).

The current practice location address for Amir Garakani is 208 Valley Rd, New Canaan, CT and can be reached out via phone at 203-801-2323 and via fax at 203-972-1561.

Location: 208 Valley Rd, New Canaan, CT, 06840-3812

NPI Number

1497856520

Provider Name

Amir Garakani

Credential

Provider Entity Type

Individual

Gender

Male

Address

208 Valley Rd, New Canaan, CT, 06840-3812

Phone Number

203-801-2323

Fax Number

203-972-1561

Provider Enumeration Date

09/25/2006

Last Update Date

03/08/2024

Address

208 Valley Rd

City

New Canaan

State

Connecticut

Zip

06840-3812

Phone Number

203-801-2323

Fax Number

203-972-1561

Address

208 Valley Rd

City

New Canaan

State

Connecticut

Zip

06840-3812

Phone Number

203-801-2323

Fax Number

203-972-1561

Type

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

Classification

Psychiatry & Neurology

Speciality

Psychiatry

Taxonomy

2084P0800X

License No.

047027 (Connecticut)

Definition

A Psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders, emotional disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders and adjustment disorders. Biologic, psychological, and social components of illnesses are explored and understood in treatment of the whole person. Tools used may include diagnostic laboratory tests, prescribed medications, evaluation and treatment of psychological and interpersonal problems with individuals and families, and intervention for coping with stress, crises, and other problems.

Type

Hospital Units

Classification

Psychiatric Unit

Speciality

Taxonomy

273R00000X

License No.

229479-1 (New York)

Definition

In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.

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