Dr. Steve Johnson Brasington M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
620 John Paul Jones Cir Naval Medical Center Portsmouth VA, 23708About
Dr. Steve Brasington practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Portsmouth, VA. Dr. Brasington 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. Brasington seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1984
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Addiction Psychiatry
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