Dr. Lance Budge Thigpen M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3633 Wheeler Rd Suite 110 Augusta GA, 30909About
Dr. Lance Thigpen practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Augusta, GA. Dr. Thigpen 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. Thigpen seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 1999
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 1999
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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