Dr. Peter Elwood Dorsett M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3440 Coliseum St New Orleans LA, 70115About
Dr. Peter Dorsett practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Dorsett 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. Dorsett seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
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University of Mississippi School of Medicine 1965
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