Dr. Richard Norman Atkins RICHARD ATKINS
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
7612 14th St Nw Washington DC, 20012About
Dr. Richard Atkins practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Washington, DC. Dr. Atkins 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. Atkins seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1973
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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