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PRACTICE OVERVIEW:
Dr. David B. Adams is Board
Certified in Clinical Psychology (ABPP) and specializes in the
treatment of mood, anxiety, sexual, psychosomatic and somatoform disorders
in adults.
In addition to his private Atlanta practice, Dr. Adams consults
nationally to physicians, nurses, attorneys, employers, insurers, police
departments, school systems, risk-management organizations and
rehabilitations centers
regarding the psychological factors involved in chronic pain, work-related injury, disability,
depression, anxiety and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Adams
biography and
curriculum vitae are available as
downloads.
He is Fellow of the American Academy
of Clinical Psychology, a Fellow of the Academy of
Psychosomatic Medicine and a Fellow of the American
Psychological Association and it's Division of Psychologists
in Independent Practice, Division of Psychotherapy;
Society of Clinical Psychology, as well as the American Academy of Pain Management and
the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Dr. Adams is
a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in
Psychology, a member of the
American Psychosomatic Society,
the Association of Medicine and
Psychiatry, a platinum member of
the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
and holds a Certificate of Professional Qualifications from the
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.
He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, and
holds two degrees from the University of Alabama with a postdoctoral
fellowship from the Institute of
Clinical Training of the
Devereux Foundation (Philadelphia).
Dr. Adams
has served on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology,
Psychotherapy Bulletin, International Journal of Medical
Psychotherapy, and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice and
Training and for many years was a medical psychotherapy-contributing
editor to the Psychotherapy
Bulletin. Dr. Adams is the
author of greater than sixty articles on the impact of psychological
functioning upon claims of disability, including the 1991 textbook
chapter on Diversification of Clinical Practice, the 1992
centennial article on Psychotherapy in the Medical & Surgical Arenas,
and two 1997 orthopedic textbook chapters in
Soft Tissue Injuries
(Windsor & Lox, Eds.) regarding
chronic pain and
psychopharmacology.
Since 1988, he has presented seminars and
regional workshops to physicians, nurse case managers, attorneys,
employers and insurers addressing the psychological aspects of physical
disease and injury. |
PSYCHOLOGICAL.COM
contains information about
psychological disorders
and
psychological treatment, as well
as accessing educational services, scheduling seminars, and joining his
discussion group.
Dr. Adams' clinical practice, Atlanta Medical Psychology, is
located in The Medical Quarters in Sandy Springs, in the north side
of Atlanta, at the junction of Scottish Rite, Northside and Saint
Joseph's Hospitals.
If you are concerned that
you may be suffering from a depressive disorder, try our
self-examination.
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