About Dr. Choy
Yujuan Choy, M.D.
Dr. Choy is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry on volunteer faculty at the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at University of California, Irvine.
She is past president of the Orange County Psychiatric Society
(OCPS, 2016-2018) and a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
(APA). She was honored by the Orange County Medication Association
with the Physician of Excellence Award in 2016. When the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was released by the APA in May 2013, Dr. Choy was designated by the APA as a DSM-5 trainer, and provided training to mental health professionals in Orange County.
Dr. Choy has been working in the field of college mental health as a campus psychiatrist at the University of California, Irvine since 2006. Dr. Choy provides psychiatric services to undergraduates, graduates and professional students at UC Irvine.
Dr. Choy is one of the physician authors in UpToDate, an evidence-based, practical, on-line clinical resource for practicing physicians. She has authored a number of peer reviewed articles in psychiatry. See publications at the end of this page.
Education
Dr. Choy attended medical school at Cornell University Medical College in New York.
She received the Richard N. Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry as a medical student at graduation. She was also named the Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholar to conduct research as a medical student at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Choy received a full scholarship as a Philip Evans Scholar to complete her Bachelor of Arts degree at Swarthmore College, one of the top liberal arts colleges in the United States. She graduated with distinction, and was inducted into two of the most prestigious honors societies in America, the
Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. She was also the recipient of several distinguished awards at Swarthmore College, including the Lucretia Mott Fellowship in Medicine and the Murry Bergtraum Medical Scholarship.
Psychiatry Residency Training
Dr. Choy completed a general adult psychiatry residency at New York University (NYU) Medical Center
and Bellevue Hospital, New York. She was appointed the chief resident in the residency program, during which time, she helped to educate psychiatry residents and NYU medical students. She also co-led the inpatient psychiatry unit at Tisch Hospital of NYU Medical Center. During the 911 World Trade Center disaster in 2001, she was part of the Bellevue Hospital disaster relief team where she provided crisis intervention and counseling to grieving family members, volunteers, firefighters and police officers at ground zero.
Anxiety Specialty
In addition to general psychiatric training, Dr. Choy has additional training in the evaluation and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. Following her residency training, Dr. Choy went on to conduct clinical research in anxiety disorders in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York, where she completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in mood and anxiety disorders.
Dr. Choy worked closely with renowned experts and research leaders in the field of anxiety disorders, including Dr. Abby J. Fyer, Dr. Franklin R. Schneier and Dr. Richard G. Heimberg. As research fellow, she participated as a psychiatrist or cognitive behavioral therapist in research treatment programs in social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, specific phobia and obsessive compulsive disorder, at the Anxiety Disorders Clinic of the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training
Dr. Choy completed advanced training in cognitive behavioral therapy at the Beck Institute
in Pennsylvania, and is credentialed by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She received personal expert training from Dr. Richard Heimberg in cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder. She has attended numerous workshops and conferences related to cognitive behavioral therapy.
Publications
Choy, Y., G Schweitzer, B Bohle-Frankel, M Menon. Treatment Challenges for College Psychiatrists and Their Patients. Psychiatric Times. October 5th, 2020.
Choy, Y. Filling Telehealth Gaps in College Mental Health
(Opinion). Psychiatric Times. April 17th, 2020.
Choy, Y., Z Alon. (2019) The Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment of Chinese International Students: A Case Report. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 33 (1): 47-66/
Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Acute Procedure Anxiety in Adults: Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA.
Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Acute Procedure Anxiety in Adults: Course, Screening, Assessment, and Differential Diagnosis. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA.
Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Treatment of Acute Procedure Anxiety in Adults. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA.
Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Treatment of Specific Phobias of Clinical Procedures in Adults. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA.
Choy, Y. FR Schneier. (2008). New and Recent Drugs for Anxiety Disorders. Primary Psychiatry. 50 (12): 50-56
Choy, Y. (Feb 2008) Treatment Planning for Panic Disorder: Evidence Based Treatments. Special Report. Psychiatric Times. 25 (2): 40
Kinoshita Y, J Chen, RM Rapee, S Bogels, FR Schneier, Y Choy, JH Kwon, X Liu, E Schramm, DA Chavira, Y Nakano, N Watanabe, T Ietzugu, S Ogawa, P Emmelkamp, J Zhang, D Kingdon, T Nagata, TA Furukawa. (2008) Cross-Cultural Study of Conviction Subtype Taijin Kyofu: Proposal and Reliability of Nagoya-Osaka Diagnostic Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 196: 307-313
Choy, Y., AJ Fyer and RD Goodwin. (2007) Specific Phobia and Comorbid Depression: A Closer Look at the National Comorbidity Survey Data. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 48 (2): 132-6
Choy, Y., AJ Fyer and JD Lipsitz. (2007) Treatment of Specific Phobia in Adults.
Clinical Psychology Review. 27 (3): 266-286
Choy, Y., FR Schneier, RG Heimberg, KS Oh, ML Liebowitz (2007) Features of the Offensive Subtype of Taijin-Kyo-Fusho in U.S. and Korean Patients with DSM-IV Social Anxiety Disorder. Depression and Anxiety 0: 1-11
Choy. Y. (2007) Managing Side Effects of Anxiolytics. Primary Psychiatry. 14 (7): 68-76
Choy, Y., ED Peselow, BG Case, MA Pressman, JA Luff, G Laje, M Paizis, P Ying, MT Guardino. (2007). Three-Year Medication Prophylaxis of Panic Disorder: To Continue or Discontinue? A Naturalistic Study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 48: 419-425
Choy, Y. (2006) The Anxious Patient. In: On Call Psychiatry. C Bernstein, Z Levin, M Poag, and M Rubinstein (editors), 3rd Edition. Elsevier publishing.
Choy, Y. (2006) Telephone Consultation. In: On Call Psychiatry. C Bernstein, Z Levin, M Poag, and M Rubinstein (editors), 3rd Edition. Elsevier publishing