About Jacob Holzer, MD
Dr. Holzer has a broad clinical background in general adult psychiatry, medical psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychopharmacology, and geriatric psychiatry, an academic/clinical focus in forensic psychiatry, and ABPN Board Certification in General and Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Holzer is committed to understanding and improving the quality of care in clinical psychiatry, and advancing the understanding and application of forensic psychiatry and legal medicine, through clinical care, education, research, and consultation with legal, business, and government sectors.
Clinical Interests:
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Medical psychiatry
- Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury
- Psychopharmacology
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- German
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry: Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Services
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-7792
McLean Hospital
115 Mill St.
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: 617-855-3141
Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
- Fellowship, Yale New Haven Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Behavioral Health
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Selected Peer-reviewed Publications
Holzer JC, Giakas W, Mazure C, Price B. Dysarthria during ECT given for parkinsons???s disease and depression. Convulsive Therapy 1992; 8(3):201-203
McDougle C, Goodman W, Leckman J, Holzer JC, Barr L, McCance-Katz E, Heninger G, Price L. Limited therapeutic effect of addition of buspirone in fluvoxamine-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1993; 150:647-649.
Tisher P, Holzer JC, Greenberg M, Benjamin S, Devinsky O, Bear D. Psychiatric presentations of epilepsy. Harvard Rev Psychiatry 1993; 1:219-228.
Holzer JC, Goodman W, McDougle C, Baer L, Boyarsky B, Leckman J, Price L. Obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without a chronic tic disorder: a comparison of symptoms in 70 patients. British J Psychiatry 1994; 164:469-473.
Holzer JC, Gansler D, Moczynski N, Folstein M. Cognitive functions in the informed-consent evaluation process: a pilot study. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 1997; 25(4):531-40.
Candilis PJ, Foti ME, Holzer JC. End-of-life care and mental illness: a model for community psychiatry and beyond. Community Mental Health Journal 2004; 40(1):3-16.
Selected Edited Books, Chapters
Holzer JC, Bear D. Psychiatric considerations in patients with epilepsy. In: Schachter S, Schomer D, editors. The Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment of Epilepsy: A Practical Guide. San Diego: Academic Press; 1997. p. 131-147.
Holzer J. Ch.5 Decision trees and clinical algorithms. In: Stern TA. The Ten-Minute Guide to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment. New York: Professional Publishing Group Ltd.; 2005. p 43-52.