Matthew Jeffreys, M.D.

Matt Jeffreys, M.D., is the Medical Director for the Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Clinical Team (PCT) for the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UT Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. He also serves a a PTSD mentor through the National Center for PTSD, providing clinical, educational, and administrative support to other PTSD programs throughout the United States.

Matthew JeffreysEnlarge this imageHis areas of interest include PTSD treatment, anxiety disorders, and health care delivery.

He graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1985 and completed his residency in Adult Psychiatry at the Medical School in 1989. Dr. Jeffreys was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society in 1985 and was accepted as a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2008.
His publications are: 
Electronic/Web Publication       
1. Jeffreys MD. A Clinician's Guide to Medications for PTSD, National
Center for PTSD: 2008 Nov. 5 p. Available from:
http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/MENTALHEALTH/ptsd/A_Clinician_s_Guide_to_Medications_for_PTSD
               
               
Journal Article        
                                                                       
*1. Leibowitz RQ, Jeffreys MD, Copeland LA, Noel PH. Veterans' disclosure
of trauma to healthcare providers. General Hospital Psychiatry
2008;30(2):100-103.
               
2. Jeffreys MD. Battling the Demons: Current Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder San Antonio Medicine 2008;61(5):37-38.
               
3. Jeffreys MD. Aftermath of Trauma San Antonio Medicine 2002;55(4):14-15.
               
*4. Dassori AM, Neff, J, Jeffreys MD. Impact of Holding Beds on Utilization
of Psychiatric Inpatient Services Emergency Psychiatry 1997;3(3):49-51.
               
5.  Jeffreys MD. Survivors of Trauma and PTSD San Antonio Medicine
1996;49(7):10-11.

*Denotes peer reviewed publications.