Specialties:
Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry (Psychiatry)
Address:
Derek J. O'Brien, M.D., P.C.
27 Lenox Pointe NE, Atlanta 30324
(404) 237-1310 (Phone), (404) 237-6986 (Fax)
Norcross Mental Health
5030 Georgia Belle Ct SUITE 2036, Norcross 30093
(770) 638-5760 (Phone)
Procedures:
Psychodynamic Psychiatrics, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy
Conditions:
Anxiety, Depressive Disorders, Neurosis, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll, Best Teaching Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Awarded by The Graduating Class of Emory University School of Medicine, 1996, National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 1996-1998, Laughlin Fellow, American College of Psychoanalysts, 2005, Rilling J.K., Winslow J.T., OBrien D., Gutman D.A., Hoffman J.M., Kilts C.D., Neural correlates of maternal separation in rhesus monkeys., 2001 Jan 1, Insel, T.R., OBrien, D.J., and Leckman, J.F., Oxytocin, vasopressin, and autism: is there a connection, 1999 Jan 1, OBrien, D. J. Unconscious by any other name..., May 2011
Philosophy:
General Psychiatry, specializing in Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy**
Associate Teaching Psychoanalyst and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University**
Recent Publication:
Unconscious by any other name...
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 12, 302 (2011)
www.nature.com/nrn/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nrn2889-c1.html
Education:
Medical School
Emory University School Of Medicine
Graduated: 1993
Emory University Department Of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Graduated: 1997
Emory University School Of Medicine Department Of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/Department Of Endocrinology, National Research Service Award Fellowship
Graduated: 1998
Emory University School Of Medicine Psychoanalytic Institute, Psychoanalytic Training Program
Graduated: 2008