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Susan M. Ditter, M.D, Psychiatry, Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry

Susan M. Ditter, M.D., M.P.H.

Psychiatry, Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry, Board Certified

San Jose

✅ Accepting New Patients

💼 45 Years Experience

⭐ Highly Recommended

🕰️ Excellent Wait Time

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Dr. Susan Ditter has been a joy! She is kind, respectful, consistent, and always professional. She has helped me over many years, and I remain ever so grateful!

Getting to know Susan M. Ditter, M.D., M.P.H.


Dr. Ditter completed her psychiatry residency and forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Virginia, where she was later on faculty. She also completed a fellowship at the Center for Disease control and received her Masters of Public Health at Emory University. Previously she completed her neurology residency and medical school at Emory University. She was on the neurology faculty at Emory and at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital, before entering neurology private practice. She received her undergraduate degree from U.S.C.


Dr. Ditter speaks English only.

Other Specialties: Forensic Psychiatry

Focus Areas
  • Anxiety

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Childhood Trauma

  • ADHD

  • Women's Issues (Perinatal/ Reproductive)


Clientele
  • Adults




Treatment Approaches

  • Forensic Psychiatry: Evaluates and treats individuals with mental health disorders who are involved in the legal system.

  • Neuropsychiatry: Combines psychiatry with neurology to treat disorders affecting both the brain and mind.

  • Psychodynamic Psychiatry: Utilizes psychoanalytic techniques to understand and treat mental disorders.

  • Reproductive Psychiatry: addresses the mental health needs of individuals during times of hormonal change, focusing on conditions and symptoms influenced by the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum period, infertility, and menopause.

Identity

Gender


Female

Languages


English


Insurance Providers
  • UMR

  • PHCS MultiPlan

  • Medicare

  • Carelon Health

  • VHP

  • ComPsych

  • Kaiser Permanente

  • Aetna

  • Cigna


  • BlueCross BlueShield

  • Magellan Health

  • TriWest

  • MHN


FAQs


1. Do you have experience with trauma or PTSD?


Yes

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