Daniel Cowen, M.D., Ph.D.

Anxiety & Depression
Treatment Center, LLC

Daniel Cowen, M.D., Ph.D.
Board Certified Psychiatrist

Phone: (908) 392-0869
Fax: (763) 402-7812

107 Cedar Grove Lane, Suite 104
Somerset, NJ 08873
 

About Dr. Cowen

Dr. Daniel Cowen is a board certified psychiatrist. He treats people suffering from a variety of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and attention deficit disorder. Medication is frequently helpful in treating these problems. Additionally, Dr. Cowen’s clients and patients often see other providers for psychotherapy. In those cases he is happy to collaborate with their therapists to maximize treatment.

While attending medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Cleveland, Ohio, he was in a special combined degree program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in which he went to both medical school and graduate school. He chose graduate training in pharmacology, which is the study of how drugs/medications exert their effects. In addition to obtaining his medical degree (M.D.), in 1991, Dr. Cowen received his doctorate (Ph.D.) in pharmacology in 1989. He then obtained his psychiatry residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. After residency, he completed a neuropsychiatry training fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1996. This fellowship was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Dr. Cowen began his professional career as an academic psychiatrist at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Upon arriving there in 1996, he developed a clinical practice, taught medical students and psychiatry residents, and was an active researcher. He was granted tenure and obtained the rank of Associate Professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Cell Biology. In 2007, Dr. Cowen made the decision to start his private practice, the Anxiety and Depression Treatment Center, LLC. He runs this practice with the goal of providing maximum benefit to his clients and patients.

 

Treatment Philosophy

Dr. Dan Cowen treats people suffering from a range of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and attention deficit disorder. Psychotherapy (talk therapy) can be very helpful in treating these problems. Additionally, medication can sometimes be of great benefit. The combination of medication and psychotherapy frequently is more helpful than either treatment used alone.

Dr. Cowen routinely provides medication treatment for clients and patients that see other providers for psychotherapy. He is happy to collaborate with their therapists to maximize treatment. Dr. Cowen feels that optimal treatment requires spending a sufficient amount of time with his patients and clients to understand who they are as individuals. Therefore, initial visits are scheduled for one hour, and medication follow-up visits for 25-30 minutes. This allows sessions to go beyond being merely a discussion of symptoms and medication side effects. Longer sessions can be scheduled, in advance, if a client or patient feels that would be helpful.

 

Education & Training

Education

1981-1985
Brandeis University
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with High Honors in Biochemistry
Degree Received: B.A.
1985-1991
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Combined Medical School and Graduate School Program
Degrees Received: M.D. and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology

Clinical Training

1991-1995
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Resident in Psychiatry
1994-1996
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Neuropsychopharmacology Fellow

Board Certification

4/1996 - present
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate in Psychiatry
(recertified in 2006 and 2016 for an additional 10 year period)
 

Experience

Academic Appointments

7/1996 - 6/2005
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
12/2001 - 6/2005
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
7/2005 - 4/2006
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Cell Biology
4/2006 - 7/2008
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Cell Biology

Clinical Positions

7/1996 - 7/1999
Rutgers-University Behavioral HealthCare
Attending Psychiatrist on the Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit
7/1999 - 9/2007
Rutgers-University Behavioral HealthCare
Outpatient Psychiatrist
11/2000 - 7/2008
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Psychiatric Consultant
1/2006 - 4/2008
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMG Outpatient Psychiatrist
4/2007 - present
Anxiety & Depression Treatment Center, LLC
Outpatient Psychiatrist
 

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa
Brandeis University

Nathan O. Kaplan Prize in Biochemistry
Brandeis University

Noether Memorial Fund Award for Excellence in the Area of Therapeutics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Lilly Fellowship Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry

NARSAD Young Investigator Award

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Travel Award

Certificate of Honorable Mention
APA/SmithKline Beecham Young Faculty Award

 

Insurance

Unfortunately, insurance companies encourage their in-network psychiatrists to provide their clients and patients with very short treatment sessions. These quick “pharmacological management” sessions allow sufficient time to write prescriptions, but little else. Dr. Dan Cowen feels that optimal treatment requires more than a discussion of symptoms and medication side effects. He believes that treatment is improved when he has an understanding of how an individual is doing as a person in his or her life. Therefore, initial visits are scheduled for one hour and follow-up visits for 25-30 minutes. This approach would not be feasible if Dr. Cowen was an in-network provider with commercial insurance companies.

Many people living in this area have out-of network insurance benefits that will cover a portion of the costs of sessions. Individuals can contact their insurance companies, directly, to determine their out-of network benefits. Dr. Cowen gives his clients and patients a receipt at the time of payment. These can be submitted to their insurance companies to obtain the out-of network benefits for which they are eligible.