AdamPhillipNelsonMD

Past Speaker of the Assembly, American Psychiatric Association

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Dr. Adam Nelson is a psychiatrist in Mill Valley, CA and is affiliated with Marin Health Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and has been in practice more than 30 years. He is experienced in psychotherapy, patient advocacy, psychopharmacology, and consultation/liaison psychiatry. Dr. Nelson is a Past Speaker of the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1986 - 1990
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1986
University of PennsylvaniaBA, Psychology, Psi Chi Honor Society, 1978 - 1982

Journal Articles

Bipolar Disorder and Cannabis Use
Nelson, A, Marin Medicine, 2/4/2015
Psychiatry Has a PR Problem
Nelson, A, Northern California Psychiatric Physician, 9/2016
Psychiatrists and Patient Suicide
Nelson, A, Northern California Psychiatric Physician, 5/2012
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: A Suicide Barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge
Nelson, A, Northern California Psychiatric Physician, 8/2008
Abuse of Homeless Persons
Nelson, A, Northern California Psychiatric Physician, 9/2001
Organized Psychiatry Meets the Homeless
Nelson, A, Northern California Psychiatric Physician, 4/2001
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Lectures

California and Assisted Outpatient Treatment
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting - 5/2017
Memory and Aging
Annual Conference of the Marin Institute on Aging - 11/2007
An Update on Providing Psychiatric Services to the Homeless Community in San Francisco
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: San Francisco General Hospital - 5/2006
Takin' it to the Streets, An Update on the Brinton Psychiatric Homeless Project
Northern California Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting - 4/2006
PTSD and Homelessness
National Healthcare for the Homeless Council - Western Regional Meeting - 9/2003
Trauma and Homelessness: Psychiatric Aspects of a Socioeconomic Problem
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting - 5/2003
Treatment of Multiply-Diagnosed Homeless Persons
Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic Institute Workshop on Homelessness - 4/2003
Mental Illness and Homelessness
KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny on KQED FM - 10/2002
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Other

Notes From a Street Doctor
Nelson, Adam, Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California weblog
http://goo.gl/GlmFma
online - 2002

Two Marin Psychiatrists Warn Cannabis Use Is Risky for Mentally IllJanuary 28th, 2016
Team Works the Streets Aiding Homeless Mentally IllJune 10th, 2022