Dr. Robert Barrington Olsen MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1101 Madison Street Suite 1290 Seattle WA, 98104Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Robert Olsen is a psychiatrist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Olsen is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Olsen diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Olsen 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. Olsen treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Wa Sch of Med, Seattle Wa 1971
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Social networks and longevity. A 14 year follow-up study among elderly in Denmark.
- Psychotropic medication in the elderly. A survey of prescribing and clinical outcome.
- [Consumption of psychopharmaceuticals by residents at nursing homes. Significance of the environment at the nursing home].
- Neuropeptides: ACTH-peptides in dementia.
- Maprotiline in pain-depression.
- Depression of essential tremor by alpha-adrenergic blockade.
- [Dissecting aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery].
- Intracranial Saccular Aneurysms. Results of treatment in 851 patients.
- [Subarachnoid hemorrhage. Diagnosis, referral and treatment].
- Intracranial sacculate aneurysms. Neurosurgical treatment of 851 patients.
Professional Society Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
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Practice At 1101 Madison Street Suite 1290
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