FAINA NOVOSOLOV, M.D.
B I O
Education
University of California, San Francisco Psychiatry Residency, SF, CA
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, with honors
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, with honors
Credentials
Board Certified, The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Current Practice
Private Psychiatry Practice
Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic, UCSF
The clinic provides expert consultation, therapy, laboratory assessment and
treatment in cases where hormone function may influence the female brain.
Examples include (but are not limited to): assessing premenstrual mood
changes (premenstrual dysphoria and premenstrual exacerbation),
evaluating perimenopausal symptoms (mood changes, poor sleep, low
libido, hot flashes, irritability, fatigue and memory problems), evaluating
low libido and sexual dysfunction, assessing mood changes during
pregnancy and breast feeding, and evaluating problems with medications,
hormone replacement or birth control pills.
Specialized Clinical Training
Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic, UCSF
Student Health Center, UCSF
Depression: groups, individual therapy and medication management, UCSF
Anxiety: therapy and medication management for Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD), Panic, Hypochondriasis, General Anxiety Disorder, Social
Anxiety and Phobias, UCSF
Eating Disorders: groups, individual therapy and medication management, UCSF
Advanced Couples and Family Therapy, San Francisco VA Hospital
Dreams in Therapy: launched workshop interpreting dreams in therapy, UCSF
HIV Focus: groups, individual therapy and medication management for patients
with HIV and psychiatric issues, San Francisco VA Hospital
Substance Abuse: groups, individual therapy and medication management,
San Francisco VA Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): individual therapy and
medication management, UCSF
Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): individual therapy and
medication management, San Francisco VA Hospital
Therapy: Trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy
(IPT), Time Limited Psychodynamic Therapy (TLDP), Anger Management,
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), exposure therapy, group therapy, family
and couples therapy, open-ended dynamic psychotherapy and Control
Mastery models, UCSF
Honors & Awards
Merit Award in recognition of professional achievement, dedication and
scholarship, UCSF
The Laughlin Award of the National Psychiatric Endowment Foundation
for excellence in therapeutic skills and dedication to patient welfare, UCSF
Leadership Scholarship awarded by the Northern California Psychiatric
Association
Medical School Honors in Medicine and Psychiatry
Graduated with Honors from UC Berkeley, English Literature Major and
Pre-medicine
Golden Key National Honor Society, for academic excellence, UC Berkeley
Health Educator Award, UC Berkeley
Presentations & Publications
Interviewed by Lifescript.com for their article, "Managing Mood Swings and Other
Menopausal Symptoms." [Link to Article]
"PMS and PMDD: Mood Changes During the Menstrual Cycle." The Carlat
Psychiatry Report, February 2014, pp. 1-3 [Link to Article]
"Treating Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy and Lactation." The Carlat
Psychiatry Report, July 2012, pp. 1-5 [Link to Article]
"Hormones and Mood in PMDD and Pregnancy." Presented to the Northern
California Psychiatric Society (NCPS), Monterey, CA
[Link to Presentation] [Link to Depression and Pregnancy Handout]
Interviewed by MSN Health for their article, "Crazy or Menopausal?"
"Women, Hormones, Mood and Sex." Presented to the Depression and Bipolar
Support Alliance (DBSA), San Francisco [Link to Presentation]
Interviewed by GLAMOUR magazine about mood disorders, January 2009 issue,
pp. 97-105 and 160
"Mood Disorders in Women: PMS, PMDD and Depression." Presented at the
Contraceptive Technology Conference, San Francisco [Link to Presentation]
"What Every Woman Should Know About Antidepressants." Interviewed
by GLAMOUR magazine, November 2007 issue, pp. 137-149
"Women, Hormones, Mood and Sex." Presented to the UCSF Nursing School
"Oral Contraceptive Pills and Mood." Presented to the Women's Mood and
Hormone Clinic, UCSF [Link to Handout]
"The Power of Dreams: How to Tap the Language of Your Unconscious and
Unlock Your Mind's Potential." Presented to the UCSF Psychiatry Department
"The Psychology of Terrorism: The Pathological Use of Ethnicity, Nationality and
Religion." Presented to the UCSF Forensic Psychiatry Department
"Management of Thyroid Carcinosarcoma." Surgery [Link]
"Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer: An Emerging Entity That Warrants
Aggressive Treatment." Archives of Surgery [Link]
"Total Thyroidectomy and Central Neck Lymph Node Dissection: The Treatment of
Choice for Hurthle Cell Carcinoma." 10th International Congress of
Endocrinology, San Francisco
P S Y C H I A T R Y
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