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Dr. Robert James Spensley MD

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

5/5(1)
4070 Bridge St Suite 3 Fair Oaks CA, 95628
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Dr. Robert Spensley is a psychiatrist practicing in Fair Oaks, CA. Dr. Spensley is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Spensley diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Spensley 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. Spensley treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 54 years of experience

Expert Publications

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Internships

  • University of Colorado Health Science Center - Denver General Hospital

Articles and Publications

  • He has had 39 papers published. Dr. Spensley used to teach at UC Davis from 1969 to 1982, and presented his paper in Hawaii in 1972. He continues to do community talks to share his knowledge.

What do you attribute your success to?

  • He was initially inspired to practice medicine because of his mother who was a nurse. He was emotionally intense and wanted a career where he could use his academic and military training to help people with their emotional and psychological problems. He maintained a work-life balance throughout his career and has never felt burnt out from his profession.Dr. Spensley completed his undergrad work in three years and was streamlined to medical school. After graduating with his medical degree, he had the huge responsibility of running the inpatient psych ward and the outpatient treatment while serving in the U.S. Army. The doctor gets great pleasure from being able to help people. He says working with people over an extended period of time and seeing their progress has been extremely rewarding. He enjoys his work now more than ever and credits his growing maturity for that.Although he is not taking on new patients, he still sees several patients each week. Dr. Spensley looks forward to spending more time with his family, including his children and all his grandkids, as his workload lightens.

Dr. Robert James Spensley MD's Practice location

Practice At 4070 Bridge St Suite 3

4070 Bridge St Suite 3 -
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
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4217 WINDING WOODS WAY -
FAIR OAKS, CA 95628
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Dr. Robert James Spensley MD has a rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 1 patient. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Psychiatrist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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