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Robert James Spensley, MD

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

4217 Winding Woods Way Fair Oaks CA, 95628
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Dr. Robert Spensely is a psychiatrist practicing in Fair Oaks, CA. Dr. Spensely is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Spensely diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Spensely 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. Spensely treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.

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Internships

  • University of Colorado Health Science Center - Denver General Hospital

Articles and Publications

  • He has had 39 papers published. Dr. Spensley used to teach at UC Davis from 1969 to 1982, and presented his paper in Hawaii in 1972. He continues to do community talks to share his knowledge.

What do you attribute your success to?

  • He was initially inspired to practice medicine because of his mother who was a nurse. He was emotionally intense and wanted a career where he could use his academic and military training to help people with their emotional and psychological problems. He maintained a work-life balance throughout his career and has never felt burnt out from his profession.Dr. Spensley completed his undergrad work in three years and was streamlined to medical school. After graduating with his medical degree, he had the huge responsibility of running the inpatient psych ward and the outpatient treatment while serving in the U.S. Army. The doctor gets great pleasure from being able to help people. He says working with people over an extended period of time and seeing their progress has been extremely rewarding. He enjoys his work now more than ever and credits his growing maturity for that.Although he is not taking on new patients, he still sees several patients each week. Dr. Spensley looks forward to spending more time with his family, including his children and all his grandkids, as his workload lightens.

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Fair Oaks, CA 95628
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