Dr. David B. Adams – In Memoriam
1945 – 2026. We remember David with deep love and gratitude for the decades of care he gave his patients, his colleagues, and his family.
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Atlanta psychologist Dr. David B. Adams was Board Certified in Clinical Psychology (ABPP) and specialized in the psychological treatment of depression, anxiety, and sexual disorders in adults. He founded Atlanta Medical Psychology in 1985 and built it hand in hand with his wife, Alice. For four consecutive years, he was voted among the Three Best Psychologists in Atlanta.
In 2023, approximately 4,400 licensed psychologists in the United States (4%) held at least one American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) board certification.
In addition to his private Atlanta practice, Dr. Adams consulted on pre-surgical bariatric and stimulator implant candidates.
He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and its Society of Practicing Psychologists, Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, and Society of Clinical Psychology.
Dr. Adams was a Distinguished Practitioner & Emeritus-Fellow of the National Academy of Practice in Psychology, a platinum member of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and held a Certificate of Professional Qualifications from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. He was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, held two degrees from the University of Alabama, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Philadelphia.
Dr. Adams 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. He authored more 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.
From 1988 onward, he presented seminars and regional workshops to physicians, nurse case managers, attorneys, employers, and insurers addressing the psychological aspects of physical disease and injury.
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