Stephen William Peterson, MD| Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine | MedStar Health
Stephen William Peterson, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine
Languages: English
(855) 778-6874
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Psychopharmacology
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder
- Adult And Child Abuse, Neglect And Maltreatment
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Alcoholism
- Amnesia
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
- Asperger Syndrome
- Asphyxiation
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Region Injury
- Chronic Depression
- Clinical Depression
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depressive Episode
- Disorders Of Personality And Behavior
- Disorders Of Social Functioning
- Dystonia
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Family History Of Specific Disorders
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Hallucinations
- Hypochondria
- Impulse Disorder
- Insomnia
- Kleptomania
- Loneliness
- Manic Episode
- Maternal Diseases
- Mental Breakdown
- Mental Disorders Due To Physiological Condition
- Mental Health Conditions
- Mood Disorders
- Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder
- Panic Attacks
- Personal Risk Factors
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Phobia
- Poisoning
- Postpartum Depression
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Sedative Use Disorder
- Sedative, Hypnotic, Or Anxiolytic Related Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Tic Disorder
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Dementia
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Existential Group Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Pain Medication Management
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation With Medical Services
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Therapeutic Activities
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- POS OA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Navigate
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Student Resources
- Choice POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- OA Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Employee Health Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice Fund PPO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Medicare Direct
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst NASCO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Choice POS II
- Network OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Prime
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry
Residency: St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1978)
Medical School: University of Tennessee (1974)
Internship: St. Elizabeth's Hospital (1974)