Dr. Charles Ettari

Charles Ettari, MD, FAPA

psychologist san diego californiaDr. Charles Ettari, MD, specializes in psychiatry and has been board certified in psychiatry for 33 years.Dr. Ettari is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Medicine and trained in psychiatry at the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center.He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.Dr. Ettari serves as the Chairman of Psychiatry at Scripps La Jolla Hospital and as the Medical Director of the Generations Psychiatry Program at Scripps Mercy Hospital.Dr. Ettari is also involved in education, serving as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of San Diego School of Medicine.

In theory, however, routine screening tests remain a good idea, said Dr. Charles Ettari, medical director of the geriatric psychiatry unit at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego.While it's impossible to cure Alzheimer's disease, drugs can help patients hold off its worst effects when it's caught early, he said.

"We can push the signs and symptoms of dementia farther out into the future," he said.

Charles Ettari, MD, FAPA

In theory, however, routine screening tests remain a good idea, said Dr. Charles Ettari, medical director of the geriatric psychiatry unit at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego.While it's impossible to cure Alzheimer's disease, drugs can help patients hold off its worst effects when it's caught early, he said.

"We can push the signs and symptoms of dementia farther out into the future," he said.
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SOURCES: Malaz Boustani, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor, medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis; Charles Ettari, M.D., medical director, geriatric psychiatry unit, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Calif.; July 2005 Journal of General Internal Medicine

In theory, however, routine screening tests remain a good idea, said Dr. Charles Ettari, medical director of the geriatric psychiatry unit at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego.While it's impossible to cure Alzheimer's disease, drugs can help patients hold off its worst effects when it's caught early, he said.

"We can push the signs and symptoms of dementia farther out into the future," he said.
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SOURCES: Malaz Boustani, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor, medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis; Charles Ettari, M.D., medical director, geriatric psychiatry unit, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Calif.; July 2005 Journal of General Internal Medicine

Charles V. Ettari, MD Medical Director, Generations Psychiatry Program, Scripps Mercy Hospital; Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla; Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine

According to Charles Ettari, MD and Medical Director at Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA, almost 24% of nursing home residents suffer from depression.