Christopher K Varley
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
4800 Sand Point Way Ne Seattle WA, 98105Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Christopher Varley practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Seattle, WA. Dr. Varley 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. Varley seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Univ of Wa Sch of Med, Seattle Wa 1973
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A clinical nurse specialist's role in the comprehensive management of attention deficit disorder.
- Sudden death of a child treated with imipramine. Case study.
- Emergence of tics in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treated with stimulant medications.
- Sudden death related to selected tricyclic antidepressants in children: epidemiology, mechanisms and clinical implications.
- Psychopharmacological treatment of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents.
- Anxiety disorders in the child and teen.
- Treating depression in children and adolescents: what options now?
- Commentary by an academic child psychiatrist on the relationship of the pharmaceutical industry, academia, psychiatric practice, and the Food and Drug Administration.
- Implications of marked weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic medications in children and adolescents.
- Pediatric cardiovascular effects of imipramine and desipramine.
- Perspectives of adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder do matter.
- Social skills training for children with autism.
- A two-year follow-up of autistic children treated with fenfluramine.
- Effects of methylphenidate on early adolescent growth.
- Review: Relative effectiveness of antidepressants and psychological therapies for depression in children and adolescents unclear.
Awards
- 2009 Listed in Continental Who's Who The Continental Who's Who Jan. 1
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy 2009 Fellow
Christopher K Varley's Practice location
Practice At 4800 Sand Point Way Ne
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Nearest Hospitals
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER / CHERRY HILLl
500 17TH AVENUE SEATTLE WA 98122GROUP HEALTH CENTRAL HOSPITALl
201 - 16TH AVENUE EAST SEATTLE WA 98112SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALl
4800 SAND POINT WAY NE, PO BOX C-5371 SEATTLE WA 98105