Dr. David Runyan Leaverton MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
1331 Kinloch Circle Arnold MD, 21012About
Dr. David Leaverton practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Arnold, MD. Dr. Leaverton 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. Leaverton seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Univ of Co Sch of Med, Denver Co 1961
University Of Colorado School Of Medicine 1961
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Kinetic-family-drawings of children with diabetes.
- The disturbed child with diabetes.
- The pediatrician's role in maternal deprivation. Illustrative cases and an approach to early recognition.
- Parental loss antecedent to childhood diabetes mellitus.
- Physical child abuse: a review of all cases seen at Sacramento Medical Center in
- Brief therapy for monocular hysterical blindness in childhood.
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