Debra Betow

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Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Debra L. Betow, who serves the population of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Debra L. Betow has been in practice for more than 20 years and is currently serving patients in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Debra L. Betow’s career in psychiatry began in 1996 when she graduated with her Medical Degree from the University of Iowa. Following her graduation, Dr. Betow subsequently completed an internship at the University of Kansas, before a residency was completed at the University of Minnesota. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry, and keeps up to date with the latest advances and developments in her field through her professional membership with the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association. For her excellence, she has been honored with a Making A Difference Award from the Hennepin County Medical Center. Dr. Betow attributes her success to genuinely caring for her patients, her compassionate attitude, and her previous medical director who was very supportive and encouraging. When she is not assisting her patients, Dr. Betow enjoys traveling to tropical islands, being by the ocean and fishing, yoga, meditation, and incorporating holistic medicine into her practice. Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope and diverse interests that, when taken together, seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the variety of epiphenomena they manifest. As a social science it aims to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases.

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