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Stephen Scheinthal,   DO, FACN


Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Associate Director

New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging

Chief Geriatric Behavioral Health

New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging


Office Address:

42 E Laurel Road
Univ Doctors Pavilion-#1800

Stratford NJ -   08084

Contact:

Tel: 856-566-6843
Fax: 856-566-6781

scheinth@umdnj.edu

Education

Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-SOM, NJ
DO , 1991

American College of Osteopathic Neurology and Psychiatry, --
FACN , 2003

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Honors and Awards

2002-06,   Top Doc Geriatric Psychiatry SJ Magazine

2005,   Costin Scholar

2003-06,   Geriatric Academic Career Award

2003,   Fellow American Osteopathic College of Neurology and Psychiatry

1999,   Fellow Philadelphia College of Physicians

1997,   Summer Research Institue Fellow, NIMH/AAGP

1997,   Delaware Valley Geriatric Research Award

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Publications

Chopra A, Scheinthal SM Estrogen, Cognition, and Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. Vol. 97: S6-S11 (1997   11 ) .

Scheinthal S, Steer RA, Giffin L, Beck AT Evaluating geriatric medical outpatients with the Beck Depression Inventory-Fastscreen for medical patients. Aging Ment Health. Vol. May 2001;5(2): 143-148 (2001 ) .

Scheinthal SM, Libon DJ Alzheimer's dementia: making the diagnosis. Diaglogue and Diagnosis. Vol. 1: 3-5 (2007   2 ) .

Scheinthal SM Alzheimer's Disease: A case report. Diaglogue and Diagnosis. Vol. 1: 6-9 (2007   2 ) .

Tran P, Schmidt KS, Gallo J, Tuppo E,Scheinthal S,ChopraA,Libon DJ Neuropsychiatric symptoms and medical illness in patients with dementia: an exporatory study. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. Vol. 106: 412-414 (2006   7 ) .

Tran P, Schmidt K, Gallo J, Scheinthal, S et al The association between neuropsychiatric symptoms and medical illness in an outpatient dementia population. Neurobiology of Aging. Vol. Jul 2004;25: S480-S480 (2004 ) .

Datto CJ, Oslin DW, Streim JE, Scheinthal S, DiFilippo S, Katz IR Pharmacologic treatment of depression in nursing home residents: A mental health services perspective. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. Vol. Fal 2002;15(3): 141-146 (2002 ) .

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Grants and Contracts

Title: Geriatric Academic Career Award
Sponsor: HRSA
Effective Date(s): 2003 - 2006
Role: PI

Title: Salivary Cortisol as a Measure of Stress in Normal and Cognitively Impaired Older Adults"
Sponsor: Intramural Funding Program of the NIA Faculty Development Iniative in Aging research
Effective Date(s): 2001 - 2002
Role: NIA Academic Career Leadership Award

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Research Areas

Dementia, Behavioral Disturbances in the elderly, Depression in the elderly:

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