Dr. Robert James McHale MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
350 Pee Dee Avenue Suite A Albemarle North Carolina, 28001Rating
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About
Dr. Robert McHale is a psychiatrist practicing in Albemarle, North Carolina. Dr. McHale is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. McHale diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. McHale 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. McHale treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
St. George's University Caribbean Medical School
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody to mu and delta opioid receptors.
- Up-regulation of delta opioid receptors in neuroblastoma hybrid cells: evidence for differences in the mechanisms of action of sodium butyrate and naltrexone.
- The adjunctive use of metformin to treat or prevent atypical antipsychotic-induced weight gain: a review.
- Dynorphins modulate DNA synthesis in fetal brain cell aggregates.
- Modulation of opioid binding associated with nuclear matrix and nuclear membranes of NG108-15 cells.
- Opioids inhibit endothelin-mediated DNA synthesis, phosphoinositide turnover, and Ca2+ mobilization in rat C6 glioma cells.
- Transient down-regulation of neonatal rat brain mu-opioid receptors upon in utero exposure to buprenorphine.
- In vitro and in vivo expression of opioid and sigma receptors in rat C6 glioma and mouse N18TG2 neuroblastoma cells.
- Differential enhancement of benzophenanthridine alkaloid content in cell suspension cultures of Sanguinaria canadensis under conditions of combined hormonal deprivation and fungal elicitation.
- A monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody to opioid receptors labels
- Differential down- and up-regulation of rat brain opioid receptor types and subtypes by buprenorphine.
- Buprenorphine differentially alters opioid receptor adaptation in rat brain regions.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Public Speaking on Behalf of his Local Chapter of NAMI -
- Precepting other Medical Professionals at Monarch NC -
Awards
- Chief Resident Award from 2009-2010 from the University of Kansas
- Received the Excellence in Service Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness from 2008-2009
- Received the Laurie Coyner Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Inpatient Care from the University of Kansas from 2006-2007
Professional Society Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, North Carolina Medical Society, North Carolina Psychiatric Association, Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Kansas Psychiatric Society
Articles and Publications
- The Adjunctive Use of Metformin to Treat or Prevent Atypical Anti-Psychotic Induced Weight Gain
- Published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice-Volume 16, Number 5 in September 2010
What do you attribute your success to?
Serving those in need, regardless of what level of education and to having a personal committment to continued education.
Hobbies / Sports
- Estate Sales and Antiquing
Favorite professional publications
- Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the American Psychiatric Association
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