Dr. Joan Marie Odom MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
10333 El Camino Real Atascadero CA, 93423About
Dr. Joan Odom practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Atascadero, CA. Dr. Odom evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Odom seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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