Dr. Anne Marie Arvidson M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
307 BELL ST EDMONDS WA, 98020About
Dr. Anne Marie Arvidson is a psychiatrist practicing in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Arvidson is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Arvidson diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Arvidson 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. Arvidson treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Boston University
Boston University School of Medicine 1980
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- Making a difference, patient care, her desire to get the patients better.
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- All major medical publications and research
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Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Anne Marie Arvidson, who serves the population of Seattle, Washington. Dr. Anne Marie Arvidson is a highly-trained and qualified psychiatrist with a vast expertise in all facets of her work. Dr. Arvidson has been in practice for more than 33 years and is currently serving patients within her own private practice located in Seattle, Washington. Anne Marie Arvidson’s career in psychiatry began in 1980 when she graduated with her Medical Degree from Boston University. Following her graduation, Dr. Arvidson went on to complete her residency in 1983 at Harvard University. Dr. Arvidson feels that she enjoys a successful career today as a result of making a difference, patient care, and her desire to help her patients get better. When she is not assisting patients, Dr. Arvidson enjoys reading all major medical publications and research in order to remain at the forefront of a challenging field. 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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