Christopher Holden, MD

Dr. Christopher C. Holden is the Director of Addiction Services in the Department of Psychiatry at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Holden completed his psychiatry residency at Beth Israel Medical Center. He subsequently completed his addiction psychiatry fellowship at New York University. He joined Maimonides Medical Center in November 2011.

Specialty
Psychiatry, with a subspecialty in Addiction Psychiatry

Conditions Treated
Dr. Holden treats a variety of psychiatric conditions. He specializes in the treatment of patients with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders.

Treatments and Procedures
Dr. Holden treats patients in the Maimonides outpatient community mental health clinic, while providing addiction psychiatry consultation services to inpatient medical, surgical and psychiatric units at Maimonides.

Dr. Holden believes in taking an integrated approach to the treatment of psychiatric conditions. Patients are most likely to recover from psychiatric and addictive disorders when they are addressed simultaneously, in particular with multiple complementary approaches, which can include medication and psychotherapy. He is active in several national organizations, including the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. He is published in the fields of addiction medicine and basic biomedical research.