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 Julia B. Frank, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Title: Associate
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
Call for Appointment: (202) 741-2888
Languages Available: French
Medical Education: Yale University School of
Medicine
Internship: Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago
Residency: Yale University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine
Board Certification: Psychiatry
Clinical Interests: Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Panic Disorder,
Women's Mental Health including psychiatric disorders
related to pregnancy and post partum state, post traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia
Profile:
Julia
Frank comes to George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates with
years of experience providing evaluation, medication, and focused psychotherapy
for individuals with serious psychiatric disorders, college students with a
variety of difficulties, and women with anxiety and depression, especially in
relation to menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and menopause. She has
additional certification in the office based treatment of opiate abusers using buprenorphine. Her work with veterans, and subsequent volunteer
work with the Red Cross, also informs her interest in working with survivors of
various types of trauma, including disasters and intimate trauma.
Dr.
Frank also teaches medical students, leading to an interest in providing mental
health support to people with other medical and neurological conditions and
their family members. Her approach is humanistic, commonsensical and problem
focused, based in straightforward communication and shared decision-making.
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