Dr. Gary Clark Patton MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
861 Corporate Dr Lexington KY, 40503About
Dr. Gary Patton is a psychiatrist practicing in Lexington, KY. Dr. Patton is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Patton diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Patton may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Patton treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Ky Coll of Med, Lexington Ky 1985
University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Onset of adolescent eating disorders: population based cohort study over 3 years.
- A computerised screening instrument for adolescent depression: population-based validation and application to a two-phase case-control study.
- Analysis of binary outcomes in longitudinal studies using weighted estimating equations and discrete-time survival methods: prevalence and incidence of smoking in an adolescent cohort.
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational intervention for general practitioners in adolescent health care: randomised controlled trial.
- Authors take issue with commentary on their paper.
- Preventive interventions for youth suicide: a risk factor-based approach.
- The Gatehouse Project: a systematic approach to mental health promotion in secondary schools.
- Adolescent depressive disorder: a population-based study of ICD-10 symptoms.
- Initiation and progression of cannabis use in a population-based Australian adolescent longitudinal study.
- Media and young minds.
- Building capacity for system-level change in schools: lessons from the Gatehouse Project.
- Parental 'affectionless control' in adolescent depressive disorder.
- The outcome of adolescent eating disorders: findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study.
- Eating disorders: antecedents, evolution and course.
- Life events and early onset depression: cause or consequence?
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