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Dr. Pietro M. Poletti, MD

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3/5(5)
9115 Bridgeport Way SW Suite 2 Lakewood WA, 98499
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Pietro M. Poletti, MD, is a top psychiatrist who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at his private practice in Lakewood and Mt. Vernon, WA. He is serving residents in Pierce, Thurston, Snohomish, and Skagit Counties, WA. He can also be found on staff at Skagit Valley Hospital, PeaceHealth United General Medical Center, and PeaceHealth United General Medical Center. With sixty years of experience as a psychiatrist, he specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Services provided include medication review, psychiatry consultation, disability evaluation, anger management, psychiatric follow-up, psychiatry medication review, sex therapy and psychotherapy.

Education and Training

University of Milano- Bicocca, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Medical Degree 1957

Provider Details

Male English, French, Italian

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Professional Memberships

  • American Psychiatric Association  

Internships

  • Alexian Bros Hospital1959

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Psychiatric Association

Dr. Pietro M. Poletti, MD's Practice location

Pietro M. Poletti Psychiatry

9115 Bridgeport Way SW Suite 2 -
Lakewood, WA 98499
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New patients: 206-743-4469

Pietro M. Poletti Psychiatry - Mount Vernon

721 S. First St -
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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Dr. Pietro M. Poletti, MD has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 5 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Psychologist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Pietro M. Poletti, who serves patients in Washington.

Dr. Poletti is an experienced psychiatrist with over six decades of experience. He has two offices in Lakewood and Mt. Vernon, Washington, serving residents in Pierce, Thurston, Snohomish, and Skagit Counties. 

Knowledgeable in his field, he offers the following services / treats the following conditions: medication review, psychiatry consultation, Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, psychiatric follow-up, bipolar disorder, depression, psychotherapy, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, worry, personality disorder, psychiatry medication review, post-traumatic stress disorder counseling, sleep disorder, eating disorder, hyperactive disorder, alcoholism, disability evaluation, anger management, dissociative disorder, sex therapy, sleep problems, and migraine.

Educated in Italy, Dr. Poletti graduated with his medical degree from the University of Milano- Bicocca, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in 1957. He then relocated to the United States, performing his internship at Alexian Bros Hospital in 1959 and his residency in psychiatry at Central State Hospital in 1963.

A member of the American Psychiatric Association, he is affiliated with Skagit Valley Hospital and PeaceHealth United General Medical Center.

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions. Psychiatrists evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, prescribe medication, and evaluate treatment results.

On a more personal note, Dr. Poletti speaks multiple languages, including English, French, and Italian.

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