David F. Colvard, M.D.

Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

   1954 and Now        

Private Practice of Psychiatry

Dr. Colvard received his medical degree and psychiatric training at Duke University Medical Center. He is a board-certified psychiatrist and certified physician investigator and has been in the private practice of psychiatry in Raleigh since 1983.  He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of  older adolescents and adults (16 to 64 years old) with obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorderanxiety disorders, marital-sexual problems (ethics),  adjustment disorders, and other psychiatric conditions.  He has been a clinical research investigator in several psychiatric medication trials and scuba diving panic and anxiety and safety and has published and spoken in the USA, Caribbean, and South Africa.

(NOTE: Dr. Colvard does NOT provide evaluations for child custody or domestic violence and does NOT provide evaluations or treatment for alcohol or substance abuse/dependence, dual diagnosis, or personality disorders.  If your problem includes relationship or sexual issues, then please read the CMDA Position Statements on Human Sexuality and Homosexuality before calling for an appointment.)


Disclaimer:  The content of this website, and any services contained therein, is not intended to, and does not, provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.  Any communication with the physician through this website does not establish a physician-patient relationship.


Dr. Colvard's Private Practice of Psychiatry

Intake Form for New Patients (Microsoft Word Format)

psychTracker Online for depression and bipolar disorder

(This online version of psychTracker lets users track their symptoms and journal in a safe and secure environment for free.)

Daily Mood Diary (PDF)

Medical History Questionnaire for New Patients ("password" is the password)

Life Charts

Consent Form for Release of Patient Information (Microsoft Word Format)

(Maps to LabCorp Patient Service Centers for lab tests)

NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES (Microsoft Word Format)

 

Office Address: 3725 National Drive, Suite 228, Glenwood Place, Raleigh, NC 27612

Office and Appointment Phone Number: 919-781-3141

Toll Free Number:  1-877-COLVARD (265-8273)

E-mail to Dr. Colvard's Office

Office Hours by appointment only: Monday - Thursday 8AM-5PM; Friday 8AM-12PM

Full charges will be made for appointments not canceled 24 hours in advance.


Emergency Number: 919-831-5537

DR. COLVARD OFFERS VERY LIMITED EMERGENCY SERVICES. 

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING A LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY, THEN CALL 911 OR GO TO YOUR NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM.


Insurance:  Dr. Colvard is a Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina PPO Provider and Aetna Behavioral Health Provider.  *Co-payment is expected at the time of service.   Check the back of your card for preauthorization requirements.  Not all services or diagnoses are covered by BCBS or Aetna, so check your plan provisions before calling to schedule an appointment.  Dr. Colvard does NOT participate in the HMO-Blue Care plan.  Dr. Colvard does NOT participate in or accept any other insurance plan or managed care plan.


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Directions to Office: From Crabtree Valley I-440 and Glenwood Ave (NC-70) interchange, head east on Glenwood Avenue towards downtown. At the top of the first hill turn left at the stop light onto Woman's Club Drive into the Glenwood Place Office Center. Woman's Club Drive merges into National Drive and 3725 National Drive Northampton Building is on the left. The office is on the 2nd floor in Suite 228.


  Curriculum Vitae

Publication  - Fathoms of Fear: A Case Study of Panic in a Recreational Scuba Diver                                                                         DAN's Alert Diver (May/June 2009, pp. 42-47)

Publication  - Obesity in Scuba Divers  (PDF download)                        (co-authored with Robert Mankoff, PhD, and Andy Owens)                    The Undersea Journal (Third Quarter 2007)

Publication  - A Study of Panic in Recreational Scuba Divers  (PDF download)                        (co-authored with Lynn Y. Colvard)                    The Undersea Journal (First Quarter 2003)

Publication - On a Pill and a Prayer   (PDF download)                                                        (co-authored with William P. Wilson)                        Christian Counseling Today (Fall 1995)

 


Thought Conditioners

By Norman Vincent Peale

Forty powerful spiritual phrases that can change the quality of your life

Since happiness and effectiveness depend upon the kinds of thoughts we think, it is absolutely impossible to be happy if we think unhappiness-producing thoughts. One of the wisest men who ever lived was Marcus Aurelius, who said, "A man's life is what his thoughts make of it."


Are There Many Paths to God?  by Lee Strobel

Myth 1: All religions are basically the same.

Myth 2: Christianity is simply one philosophy among many.

Myth 3: Christians are narrow-minded to think Jesus is the only way to heaven.


Disclaimer:  The content of this website, and any services contained therein, is not intended to, and does not, provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.  Any communication with the physician through this website does not establish a physician-patient relationship.


Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Class Suicidality Labeling Language for Antidepressants

“All pediatric patients being treated with antidepressants for any indication should be observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, and unusual changes in behavior, especially during the initial few months of a course of drug therapy, or at times of dose changes, either increases or decreases. Such observation would generally include at least weekly face-to-face contact with patients or their family members or caregivers during the first 4 weeks of treatment, then every other week visits for the next 4 weeks, then at 12 weeks, and as clinically indicated beyond 12 weeks. Additional contact by telephone may be appropriate between face-to-face visits.

Adults with MDD or co-morbid depression in the setting of other psychiatric illness being treated with antidepressants should be observed similarly for clinical worsening and suicidality, especially during the initial few months of a course of drug therapy, or at times of dose changes, either increases or decreases.”

Revised 1/26/05


MoodChart | .org

"MoodChart is a research study designed to learn more about how people with bipolar disorder experience their illnesses. It is also designed to make it much easier for people to make Life Charts, which can be valuable clinical tools.  A life chart is a particularly useful way of organizing data about your bipolar disorder. The method was developed (by Daniel Lieberman, MD, and Frederick Goodwin, MD) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

If you choose to take part in this study, your information will be combined with other volunteers, and this data will be analyzed to help us better understand bipolar disorder. We hope it will be a valuable resource for both researchers and doctors who take care of patients."

www.MoodChart.org


 

www.dbsalliance.org

psychTracker Online for depression and bipolar disorder

(The online version of psychTracker lets users track their symptoms and journal in a safe and secure environment for free.)

 


 

www.adaa.org

Self Tests of Anxiety Disorders 


 

OC Foundation

www.ocfoundation.org


 

Panic Attacks Anxieties Anxiety Attacks OCD Social Anxiety Disorder

www.anxieties.com

 R. Reid Wilson, Ph.D., Chapel Hill, NC

A free internet self-help site for persons suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder - OCD, fear of flying and post-traumatic stress disorder - PTSD.  Extensive information and skills, plus the latest on helpful medications.


Training Exercises for Controlling Diver Stress & Panic*

Part 1: The Causes and Symptoms of Diver Stress - (reproduced with permission of Tom Griffiths, Ed.D.)

Part 2: The Calming Breath Response (Diaphragmatic Breathing) - (reproduced with permission of Tom Griffiths, Ed.D.)

Part 3: Mental Rehearsal for Controlling Underwater Stress- (reproduced with permission of Tom Griffiths, Ed.D.)

Part 4: Systematic Progressive Relaxation - (reproduced with permission of Tom Griffiths, Ed.D.)

*These exercises are NOT intended to be a substitute for professional treatment. Consult your personal physician or therapist before using them if you have a history of Panic Disorder or Claustrophobia or any other anxiety problems.

Click here for FREE MP3 file downloads of all 4 parts


www.ptsdalliance.org

The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Alliance is a group of professional and advocacy organizations that have joined forces to provide educational resources to individuals diagnosed with PTSD and their loved ones; those at risk for developing PTSD; and medical, healthcare and other frontline professionals.


National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Mental Health Topics



Toastmasters may be the most cost-effective "treatment"

for Social Phobia or Social Anxiety.



Bupropion-SR, Sertraline, or Venlafaxine-XR after Failure of SSRIs for Depression
 
A. John Rush, M.D., Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D., Stephen R. Wisniewski, Ph.D., Jonathan W. Stewart, M.D., Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D., Michael E. Thase, M.D., Louise Ritz, M.B.A., Melanie M. Biggs, Ph.D., Diane Warden, Ph.D., M.B.A., James F. Luther, M.A., Kathy Shores-Wilson, Ph.D., George Niederehe, Ph.D., Maurizio Fava, M.D., for the STAR*D Study Team (NEJM 354: 1231-1242)  March 23, 2006
 
Conclusions After unsuccessful treatment with an SSRI, approximately one in four patients had a remission of symptoms after switching to another antidepressant. Any one of the medications in the study provided a reasonable second-step choice for patients with depression.

(ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00021528 [ClinicalTrials.gov] .)

The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.


Medication Augmentation after the Failure of SSRIs for Depression

Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D., Maurizio Fava, M.D., Stephen R. Wisniewski, Ph.D., Michael E. Thase, M.D., Frederick Quitkin, M.D., Diane Warden, Ph.D., M.B.A., Louise Ritz, M.B.A., Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D., Barry D. Lebowitz, Ph.D., Melanie M. Biggs, Ph.D., James F. Luther, M.A., Kathy Shores-Wilson, Ph.D., A. John Rush, M.D., for the STAR*D Study Team (NEJM 354: 1243-1252)  March 23, 2006

Conclusions Augmentation of citalopram with either sustained-release bupropion or buspirone appears to be useful in actual clinical settings. Augmentation with sustained-release bupropion does have certain advantages, including a greater reduction in the number and severity of symptoms and fewer side effects and adverse events.

(ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00021528 [ClinicalTrials.gov] .)

The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.


God's Yellow Pages

- Let your fingers do the walking thru the Bible


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