Dr. Deborah Risher Simkin M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
4641 Gulfstarr Dr Suite 106 Destin FL, 32541About
Dr. Deborah Simkin practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Destin, FL. Dr. Simkin 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. Simkin seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1987
Louisiana State Univ School Of Medicine In New Orleans 1987
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1987
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adolescent substance use disorders and comorbidity.
- Pharmacotherapies for adolescent substance use disorders.
- Quantitative EEG and neurofeedback in children and adolescents: anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, comorbid addiction and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and brain injury.
- Teenage suicide: what do we have to offer?
- Student section of impaired physician program established.
- Turn about--it's fair play.
- Student section of impaired professional program established.
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