Areas of Specialty
Marshall Teitelbaum, M.D., provides comprehensive psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults. Whether you're dealing with a new concern or managing a long-term condition, we start with a careful evaluation and build a treatment plan around what's actually going on. After your first in-office visit, telehealth appointments are available for Florida residents.
Dr. T provides comprehensive psychiatric care, not just medication management. He conducts thorough assessments to develop tailored treatment plans that may include lifestyle adjustments (exercise, self-care, mindfulness), health screens/labwork, and recommendations for psychotherapy and/or psychological testing. While expert in pharmacology, he focuses on overall wellness and collaborates closely with therapists, recognizing that medication is not always the only or appropriate course of action.
Mood Disorders
Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
Depression is more than feeling sad. For some, it is more about the inability to experience joy or pleasure. It's the weight that makes getting out of bed feel like a decision, the fog that sits between you and the things you used to care about. It can show up as exhaustion, trouble concentrating, changes in sleep or appetite, make even the mildest of stressors feel overwhelming, or create a flatness that won't lift. These emotions are disproportionate to the stressors of life. We evaluate the full picture and develop a treatment plan tailored to your symptoms and history.
Bipolar Disorder (Bipolar I and Bipolar II)
Bipolar disorder involves shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that go beyond normal ups and downs. Accurate diagnosis matters because the treatment for bipolar disorder is different from treatment for depression alone. Dr. T has decades of experience distinguishing between the two.
Schizoaffective Disorder (Bipolar or Depressed Subtypes)
Schizoaffective disorder can often be confused as simply a mood or psychotic disorder, rather than understanding that it is a complex mix of these two conditions. A physician with years of experience can still sometimes miss this condition, leading to longer-term struggles than necessary. Dr. T will ask the challenging questions to clarify.
Other Mood Disorders
Not every mood condition fits neatly into a single diagnosis. We evaluate and treat mood disorders that may not meet full criteria for depression, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder but are still affecting your daily life.
Anxiety and OCD
Generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, PTSD, phobias, and OCD can make daily life feel overwhelming. We work with you to find the right treatment plan, whether that means medication, coordination with your therapist, looking for other health issues that can mimic anxiety, and/or utilization of other lifestyle tools.
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD is the kind of worry that follows you everywhere. It's replaying a conversation from three days ago, checking your phone for bad news, or lying awake running through tomorrow's problems before they happen. It often centers on everyday things like work, health, or family, but the intensity is out of proportion to the situation. GAD is one of the most common conditions we evaluate, and finding the right medication can be an invaluable part of caring for this.
Panic Disorder
Sudden, intense episodes of fear with physical symptoms like a racing heart, shortness of breath, or dizziness. Panic attacks are frightening, but they are treatable. We work with you to reduce their frequency and intensity.
Specific Phobias
Intense, disproportionate fear of a specific situation or object. While therapy is often the first-line treatment for phobias, medication can often be useful in reducing symptoms enough to allow psychotherapy to be more efficient and effective.
OCD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCD isn't about being neat or organized. It's the thought you can't shake no matter how hard you try, and the rituals that temporarily quiet it but always come back. Obsessions and compulsions can consume hours of your day and make ordinary tasks feel impossible. Medication is a core part of treatment for many people with OCD, often alongside therapy with a trained specialist.
Trauma
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. You might find yourself reliving the moment without warning, avoiding places or people that bring it back, or feeling on edge in situations that used to feel safe. Flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness are the brain's response to trauma, not a personal failing. Psychiatric medication can help stabilize symptoms while you work through the experience.
Attention and Focus
ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
ADHD looks different in children than in adults, and different again in boys versus girls. Dr. T's fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry means he understands the full developmental picture. We evaluate carefully before prescribing, because accurate diagnosis is the foundation of effective treatment. Otherwise, it could lead to inappropriate prescribing for children with similar sounding presentations.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
ODD frequently co-occurs with ADHD. What looks like deliberate defiance is often frustration driven by an underlying attention disorder. Proper evaluation can sort out what is happening, and treatment that addresses the ADHD often reduces the oppositional behavior as well.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders involve complex relationships between mental health, physical health, interpersonal dynamics and genetics. Dr. T provides psychiatric evaluation and medication management as part of a collaborative care approach. He works alongside therapists, dietitians, primary care physicians, and other clinicians through signed patient authorizations to make sure treatment is coordinated.
If you or your child is struggling with an eating disorder, the psychiatric side of care matters. Medication can play an important role in managing the anxiety, depression, or obsessive thinking that often accompanies these conditions. Call us at (561) 630-8530 to discuss whether Dr. T's practice is the right fit.
Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Autistic spectrum disorders do not all present the same way, and even less so between genders. Individuals with ASD frequently live with co-occurring conditions that respond to treatment: ADHD, anxiety, OCD, tic disorders, temperament regulation disorders such as disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) and intermittent explosive disorder, depression, and sleep difficulties. Dr. T evaluates and treats this spectrum disorder with the individualized care that patients and families on the spectrum require, while coordinating care with individual, social skill and family therapists, psychologists and primary care physicians. Often formal psychological testing will be recommended.
Tic Disorders and Tourette's Syndrome
Tics are sudden, repetitive and involuntary movements and/or sounds that a person cannot necessarily control. They frequently show up alongside ASD, ADHD, OCD, and anxiety. When tics are causing distress, physical discomfort, or social difficulty, a psychiatric evaluation can help sort out what is happening and whether treatment, from medication to habit reversal therapy, would help.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
Many people don't come in with a diagnosis. They come in because something doesn't feel right. That's enough. Call us at (561) 630-8530 and we'll help you figure out the next step.
Our Approach
We believe in doing the work before you walk in the door. Dr. T reviews your records before every appointment so he's prepared to focus on you, not your chart. That might sound like a small thing, but patients notice.
His approach to medication is conservative and thoughtful. He doesn't rush to prescribe, and he doesn't pile on medications. The goal is finding what works at the lowest effective dose, then monitoring carefully over time.
Every treatment starts with a psychiatric evaluation: a detailed conversation about your symptoms, history, medications, and goals. From there, we develop a plan. For most patients, that plan centers on finding the right medication, with adjustments over time as your needs change.
We don't work in isolation. If you're seeing a therapist, a primary care doctor, or other specialists, Dr. T coordinates with your existing care team. The goal is connected treatment, not a collection of clinicians who never talk to each other.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. T completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of South Florida and earned a separate board certification in the specialty. This is not a sideline. He has spent much of his career working with young people.
He provided psychiatric care at Hibiscus Children's Shelter for 10 years and served at Sandy Pines Child Psychiatric Hospital for many years, including as medical staff director and director of peer reviews.
For parents: we understand that bringing your child to a psychiatrist can feel like a big step. Dr. T's approach with young patients is the same as with adults: careful evaluation, clear communication, and a treatment plan you understand and agree with. He takes the time to talk with both the child and the parent, because good psychiatric care for kids requires the whole family to be on the same page.
If your child is struggling with ADHD, anxiety, mood changes, behavioral issues, or something you can't quite name, a conversation with Dr. T is a reasonable next step. Call us at (561) 630-8530.
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Social Anxiety Disorder
More than shyness. Social anxiety can make work, school, and relationships difficult to impossible. We work with patients to find treatment plans that help manage social anxiety while individualizing appropriate medication strategies.
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