Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2025 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
OVERCOMING RURAL BARRIERS: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · October 2024 Full text CiteChild and Adolescent Mental Health Boarding Without Transfer.
Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · October 2023 This letter reports a study initiated after concern about the large number of children boarding in the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children with behavioral or emotional complaints presented to the emergency department (ED). There the decision wa ... Full text CiteClinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major and Persistent Depressive Disorders.
Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · May 2023 OBJECTIVE: To enhance the quality of care and clinical outcomes for children and adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) and persistent depressive disorder (PDD). The aims are as follows: (1) to summarize empirically based guidance about the psych ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
HRSA Funded NC-PAL Outreach and Service Extension
Public ServiceCoordinator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2022 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Howard University, College of Medicine ·
1979
M.D.