Dr. Amber Faith Lerma M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2970 Camino Diablo 3rd floor Walnut Creek CA, 94597About
Dr. Amber Lerma practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Walnut Creek, CA. Dr. Lerma 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. Lerma seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
University of California, San Francisco M.D. 2008
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Psychiatry and Neurology)
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