Dr. Richard Cull Christensen MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
611 E Adams St Jacksonville FL, 32202About
Dr. Richard Christensen is a psychiatrist practicing in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Christensen is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Christensen diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Christensen 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. Christensen treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Wright State Univ Sch Of Med- Dayton Oh 1990
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Resident education in community psychiatry: a model of service-learning.
- The ethics of cost shifting in community psychiatry.
- Teaching psychiatry to FM residents: an integrated training model.
- Olanzapine-associated bilateral pedal edema.
- Screening for anticholinergic abuse in patients with chronic mental illness.
- Assessing new-onset mental status changes in patients with dementia.
- Community psychiatry education through homeless outreach.
- Olanzapine augmentation of fluoxetine in the treatment of pathological skin picking.
- Dead men walking. Reflections on Cotard's syndrome and homelessness.
- Community psychiatry and medical student education.
- Unmasking medical illness in mental health care.
- Physical and sexual abuse history in women seeking treatment at a psychiatric clinic for the homeless.
- Diogenes and Marcella. A reflection on homelessness and self-neglect.
- Discharged to the streets: who cares?
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