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Dr. Alan Edwards identified specializing in PsychiatryPsychiatry
A psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders, and adjustment disorders. The psychiatrist is able to understand the biologic, psychologic, and social components of illness, and therefore is uniquely prepared to treat the whole person. A psychiatrist is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, evaluate and treat psychologic and interpersonal problems, and to intervene with families who are coping with stress, crises, and other problems in living..

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License

Dr. Alan Edwards has been confirmed to have a license in California.

Education

Dr. Edwards attended medical school at University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and graduated in 1976 having 36 years experience. Additional Psychiatry training was conducted at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

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• Alan F Edwards
• A Edwards

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