Dr. Benjamin R Lafferty MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3517 NW SAMARITAN DR CORVALLIS OR, 97330About
Dr. Benjamin Lafferty practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Huntington, WV. Dr. Lafferty 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. Lafferty seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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