General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by significantly low body weight, restriction of food intake, ongoing behavior related to an intense fear of gaining weight, and a disturbance in self-perceived weight or shape. There are two types of anorexia nervosa – the restricting type, in which weight loss is achieved by restricting food intake and/or excessive exercise, and the binge-eating/purging type, in which the individual engages in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behavior.
• Sleep Disorders
  Insomnia is a sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep. People with insomnia have one or more of the following symptoms: Difficulty falling asleep. Waking up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep.

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Dr. Ninan has collaborated with the Bio Behavioral Institute for over 30 years. He specializes in treating adults with Anxiety, OCD Related, and Mood disorders. Dr. Ninan graduated from the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn and his Psychiatry Residency at Nassau University Medical Center. He is affiliated with Northwell Hospital and Winthrop University Hospital. His compassionate and conservative approach to medicine allows for maximum treatment outcomes with the least number and dose of medication.

Neurologists

• Autism
  Lauren Pucci, Psy.D., is a full time Post-Doctoral Fellow. She earned her doctorate in School Psychology from St. John’s University in Queens, New York. She was previously an Extern at Bio Behavioral Institute providing direct clinical care to patients, conducting research, and psychological assessments. Dr. Pucci has experience in cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention, and dialectal behavior therapy, both in person and via telehealth. She previously worked as a school psychologist in in a school for young children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delays, and Other Health Impairments in Lewes, Delaware. There Dr. Pucci provided consultation and individual assessments to students. While pursuing her doctorate degree, she completed her internship in the Great Neck school district on Long Island. Dr. Pucci also co-developed and facilitated a virtual clinical group therapy for children with emotion regulation difficulties. Through her previous experiences, Dr. Pucci has become proficient in administering different types of treatment within an inclusive environment which is sensitive to everyone’s unique needs and circumstances. Dr. Pucci strives to cultivate such an environment that allows for children, adolescents, and adults to achieve optimal growth.

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  Since 1975, Dr. Carlton has been a quiet pioneer in the rational use of nutrition-based treatment approaches. Whether treating “psychological” issues (such as depression, anxiety, ADHD), or “physical” problems (such as cognitive impairment/dementia, PMS, migraines, and IBS), his approach includes a stepwise treatment approach. His first step is to look for commonplace foods that in many cases may trigger (or exacerbate) the problems. If that is does not work well enough, he prescribes specific nutrients and herbs to bring relief, and if these nutrient-based approaches do not work well enough, then he will prescribe medications. Even in the cases where medications are needed, he will often prescribe nutrients to augment (complement) the prescription medications. There is already a vast scientific literature showing that certain select nutrients can get various medications to work more quickly, or to work at lower dosages than would normally be the case.
• Stress Management
  Stress management is a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person's level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of improving everyday functioning.
• Depression
• Mental Health
  This quiz is not intended to be a diagnostic tool. If you believe you may suffer from symptoms of Scrupulosity please seek an evaluation by a trained mental health professional.
• Psychiatry
  Dr. Fugen Neziroglu is a board certified behavior and cognitive psychologist, and leading researcher on anxiety disorders. She is the co-founder and director of the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck NY, where she provides direct clinical services, supervises all clinical staff, sponsors many doctoral dissertations, and conducts research. Dr. Neziroglu is Adjunct Full Professor at Hofstra University, Department of Psychology and The Hofstra School of Medicine. Dr. Neziroglu has presented and published over 150 papers in scientific journals, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Behaviour Research and Therapy, and the Journal of Anxiety Disorders. Additionally, she is the author and co-author of fifteen books on obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders, including, most recently Children of Hoarders, Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding and Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Her books have been translated into several different languages, including German, Italian, Spanish and even Korean. Dr. Neziroglu has appeared numerous times on the TLC television series Hoarders,CNN, the Today Show, and Good Morning America. She received her Ph.D. in clinical, school-community psychology from Hofstra University and completed her post-graduate work in behavior and cognitive therapy at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is Board Certified in Cognitive and Behavior Therapy from the American Board of Behavioral Psychology (ABBP) and in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She is a Fellow of ABBP’s Academy. She is also intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and co-leads weekly Skills Groups. Dr. Neziroglu is a member of many national and international societies and is on the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board of the International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (IOCDF) and President of OCDNY. Last year she received the IOCDF’s Lifetime Achievement Award along with Dr. Yaryura-Tobias (posthumously).
• Insomnia
• Behavioral Health
  Jessica Jacobs, Psy.D. earned her doctorate in School and Community Psychology from Hofstra University; there, she received training in Dialectical-Behavior Therapy. Dr. Jacobs is a certified school psychologist, and she completed her internships in the Long Beach, Valley Stream, and North Shore school districts. During her time in the school setting, she provided individual and group counseling using CBT, to a wide array of children and adolescents, including those with social, attentional, oppositional, and anxiety and mood regulation difficulties. While pursuing her doctorate degree, Dr. Jacobs worked in the Child and Family Trauma Institute and the Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinic, where she provided parent training, goal oriented CBT sessions, and incorporated exposure exercises. Additionally, Dr. Jacobs completed her clinical internship at South Nassau, Mount Sinai's Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic where she ran weekly individual DBT skills training sessions for individuals with mood dysregulation difficulties. Dr. Jacobs also conducted community based and clinic-based support groups, as well as Emotion Processing and Art Therapy groups in the Partial Hospitalization Program. Dr. Jacobs has worked with a wide range of individuals, while utilizing CBT and incorporating mindfulness and DBT techniques to help meet the needs of each client.
• Anxiety

Plastic Surgeons

• Plastic Surgery
  16. I have made (or thought about making) dermatological and/or plastic surgery appointments for a consultation to fix my body part(s) of concern.
• Cosmetic Surgery
  Similar to cosmetic surgery, the average individual owns multiple cosmetic products. But again, notice if your loved one owns more products than the average person, seems to spend more money than average, researches products that make unrealistic promises (such as wrinkle-free skin in 10 days), appears upset when the products are running low, or spends excessive time applying and experimenting with the products.

Dermatologists

• Acne Treatment
• Calluses
  7. Individuals may pick at healthy skin or at minor skin irregularities, such as pimples, calluses, mosquito bites, acne, or at scabs from previous picking.

Podiatrists

• Calluses