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Dr. Debra Anne Pinals M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
55 Lake Avenue North Department Of Psychi Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Debra Pinals is a psychiatrist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Pinals is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Pinals diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Pinals 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. Pinals treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- When taking medications is a sin.
- Countering countertransference: a forensic trainee's dilemma.
- Forensic psychiatry fellowship training: developmental stages as an educational framework.
- Old law meets new medicine: revisiting involuntary psychotropic medication of the criminal defendant.
- Veterans and the justice system: the next forensic frontier.
- Ready or not, here it comes: maintenance of certification.
- Harmonizing databases? Developing a quasi-experimental design to evaluate a public mental health re-entry program.
- Forensic services, public mental health policy, and financing: charting the course ahead.
- Gender and the experience of mental health expert witness testimony.
- Crime, violence, and behavioral health: collaborative community strategies for risk mitigation.
- The Evolving Position of the American Psychiatric Association on Firearm Policy (1993-2014).
- Gun Violence and Victimization of Strangers by Persons With a Mental Illness: Data From the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study.
- Intensity of Offending Following State Prison Release Among Persons Treated for Mental Health Problems While Incarcerated.
- Nature and Utilization of Civil Commitment for Substance Abuse in the United States.
- Substance Use and Mental Health Stigma in Veterans With Co-Occurring Disorders.
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Nancy Byatt D.O.55 Lake Ave N Worcester MA 01655
- Taber Lightbourne M.D.55 Lake Ave N Worcester MA 01655
- Dr. Brian Skehan M.D.55 Lake Ave N Worcester MA 01655
- Dr. Kate Erwin M.D.55 Lake Ave N Worcester MA 01655
- Dr. Paul Plasky M.D.55 Lake Ave N Worcester MA 01655
- Dr. Ann E Maloney MD55 Lake Ave N Worcester MA 01655
Nearest Hospitals
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INCl
55 LAKE AVENUE NORTH WORCESTER MA 1655ADCARE HOSPITAL OF WORCESTER INCl
107 LINCOLN STREET WORCESTER MA 1605ST VINCENT HOSPITALl
123 SUMMER STREET WORCESTER MA 1608UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEMl
1500 E MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, SPC 5474 ANN ARBOR MI 48109ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITALl
5301 E HURON RIVER DR ANN ARBOR MI 48106