Dr. Richard Paul Whalen MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
50 Health Lane The Kent Center For Warwick RI, 02886About
Dr. Richard Whalen is a psychiatrist practicing in Warwick, RI. Dr. Whalen is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Whalen diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Whalen 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. Whalen treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Geriatric Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- State concerns and role in hospital closure.
- Diversion of narcotic and stimulant drugs.
- Case reports: The Swiss connection.
- Medical problems of 500 prisoners on admission to a county jail.
- Paraquat toxicity. Background report.
- Paraquat toxicity. Background report.
- Clarifications on dental medicaid.
- Clarifications on dental medicaid.
- Americium contamination incident.
- Americium contamination incident in a New York State Health Department
- Evaluation of quality of infant medical records.
- Unresolved issues and conflicts: the relationship between the state Health Planning Agency and the Health Systems Agency.
- The federal budget is dangerous to your health.
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