Dr. Zafar N. Naqvi is a highly experienced physician and psychiatrist dedicated to providing comprehensive and patient-centered mental health care. With over 30 years of practice experience, Dr. Naqvi is triple board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. With over three decades of experience in academic psychiatry and clinical leadership, he currently oversees outpatient services at Confidante Psychiatry Services and Massachusetts Psychiatry Services.
Dr. Naqvi held significant academic appointments, including over ten years as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and as an Assistant Professor at UMass Medical School, where he also co-directed and served as a preceptor in addiction psychiatry education. His clinical expertise spans inpatient Psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, and integrated consult-liaison psychiatry in various medical, surgical, and critical care settings.
His publications include research on opioid dependence and chronic pain, and he contributed to national guidelines on benzodiazepine use. Dr. Naqvi has also established innovative treatment programs, such as Sublocade and Vivitrol clinics. He is an International Associate of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and a member of the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School.
A frequent speaker at academic forums, Dr. Naqvi has delivered grand rounds and keynote lectures on addiction and mental health. He is committed to demystifying psychiatry through community outreach and public education, with presentations that also include psychoanalytic reviews of famous Hollywood movies.
He is a firm believer in a collaborative, holistic approach, carefully tailoring treatment plans to the individual while being mindful of medical and psychiatric comorbidities and the individual's existing medication profile.
Dr. Naqvi’s philosophy is to be a trustworthy confidante to his patients, ensuring they feel comfortable and heard. He incorporates prescription medications, personalized treatment, lifestyle changes, and talk therapy into a complete plan. He uses methods derived from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-focused Therapy, Psychodynamic, and Interpersonal Therapy to give patients concrete tools to understand themselves and free themselves from negative patterns.
Dr. Naqvi's extensive expertise covers a broad range of complex conditions. He is one of the few providers who are physicians, not Nurse Practitioners, offering a high level of specialized care.
Treatment-resistant depression, Post Partum depression, Peripartum disorders, Specialized in treating a variety of OCD spectrum, Panic disorders, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
Eating disorders, Weight management, and treating Obesity.
Complex PTSD, Borderline Personality disorder, and individualized care for trauma patients.
Dual Diagnosis, Substance Use Disorders (limited services for Alcohol, Opiates, Nicotine, and Cocaine use disorder through effective Non-Narcotic medications), and holds a Suboxone Waiver.
Comprehensive evidence-based treatment of ADHD through the latest FDA-approved and evidence-based computerized and sophisticated diagnostic and monitoring tools, Schizophrenia and other Psychotic/Delusional disorders.
Cancer Survivor's support, and he offers genetics testing and TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation).
Dr. Naqvi’s background includes significant appointments at some of the nation's most respected institutions:
