Dr. Kris Allen Peterson M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Madigan Army Medical Ctr Tacoma WA, 98431About
Dr. Kris Peterson practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Peterson 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. Peterson seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Uniformed Services Univ Of The Hlth Sci- Bethesda Md 1991
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States 1991
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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