- Treats Adults
- Accepting New Patients
Sharon Batista, MD
Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
About Me
Dr. Sharon Batista, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice. Dr. Batista completed her medical education and psychiatric training at the Icahn School of Medicine’s Mount Sinai Hospital and fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at New York University. She is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Hospital and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Fellow of the American Medical Women’s Association, and Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Dr. Batista has published in the field of HIV Psychiatry, as author of chapters within the Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, published in 2008, and co-author of Handbook of AIDS Psychiatry, published in 2010. Dr.Batista serves as a psychiatric advisor for NOCD and has completed BTTI training through the International OCD Foundation.
Dr. Batista is a specialist in women’s mental health, anxiety disorders and OCD, multicultural psychiatry, and telemedicine. Dr.Batista enjoys working with patients suffering from anxiety and depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and OC-Related disorders, hoarding, perfectionism, body-focused repetitive behaviors. She is trained in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy, and exposure response prevention (ERP) treatment. Dr. Batista also provides treatment and support to caregivers, family members, persons who are working through career stress, or who are undergoing professional growth and transitions. Dr. Batista provides consultations to persons who wish to clarify their diagnosis and/or medication management options. Dr. Batista specializes in mental health care for women and people of color. She is race, ethnicity, sexuality and gender-affirming/positive. Dr. Batista provides care across the lifespan including serving as a perinatal mental health consultant to patients seeking psychiatric consultation for pre-pregnancy planning, during pregnancy, postpartum as well as in menopause. She embraces an approach including self-help, education, cognitive-behavioraltechniques, and empowerment.
Telehealth treatment is available in: NY, NJ, CA, CT, FL, IL, KS, OH, PA, TX, and VA.
If you'd like to read a recent interview by Dr.Batista please click the following link: Women's Mental Health
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Clinical Focus
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agoraphobia
- Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder And Attention Deficit Disorder
- Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Therapy
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Overeating
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Hypochondria
- Mental Health Services
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum Depression
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Psychological Trauma
- Psychotherapy
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Stress Management/Anxiety Disorders
- Tobacco Use Disorder
- Trauma
- Trichitillomania
Education
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency, Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital Center
Certifications
American Board of Preventive Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Awards
Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association
Fellow
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Fellow
America Medical Women’s Association
Insurance Information
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Publications
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Batista has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.