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Dr. Robert L. Lawton, MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
1615 Bracken Rd Bloomfield Hills Michigan, 48302About
Dr. Robert Lawton is a psychiatrist practicing in Southfield, MI. Dr. Lawton is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Lawton diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Lawton 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. Lawton treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1975
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pancreatic carcinoma as a sequel to therapy of lymphoma.
- Letter: Absence of tuberculosis in dialysis patients.
- Transpyloric prolapse of gastric mucosa.
- Internal hernia secondary to acute appendicitis.
- Duplication of the intestinal tract.
- Current concepts of acute arterial injuries.
- Incarcerated inguinal hernia with chylous ascites; a case report.
- A clinico-pathologic study of multiple congenital arteriovenous fistulae of the lower extremities.
- Aorto-intestinal fistula following aortic homotransplantation.
- Dupuytren's contracture.
- Problems in the treatment of carcinoma of the rectosigmoid and rectum.
- COMBINED RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY.
- CARCINOMA OF THE COLON: A REVIEW OF 87 PATIENTS.
- STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE.
- WHERE ARE WE IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY TODAY?
Professional Society Memberships
- American Psychological Association, American Medical Association
What do you attribute your success to?
- Persistence and learning from mistakes
Hobbies / Sports
- Irish Music, Playing Pipes
Favorite professional publications
- Journal of the American Medical Association/Archives of General Psychiatry, The American Journal of Psychiatry
Dr. Robert L. Lawton, MD's Practice location
Practice At 4602 3rd St
4602 3rd St -Moline, IL 61265Get Direction
Judson Center
1615 Bracken Rd -Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302Get Direction
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Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Robert L. Lawton, who serves the Michigan area at Judson Center. Dr. Lawton graduated from the Pritzker School of Medicine with his Medical Degree in 1975, giving him over four decades of experience in his field. After graduation he completed his residency with Sheppard-Enoch Pratt Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. To stay up to date in his field he remains a professional member of the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Lawton currently practices with Judson Center. He is also affiliated with McLaren Lapeer Region and UnityPoint Health – Trinity Rock Island. He holds an expertise in Adult Psychopathic Disorders, General Psychiatry, Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Drug Intoxication. Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope and diverse interests that, when taken together, seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the variety of epiphenomena they manifest. As a social science it aims to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases. Dr. Lawton attributes his professional success to his persistence and from learning from his mistakes. When he is not working he enjoy Irish music and playing the pipes.
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