MENTAL HEALTH - Key Persons

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• Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist, Boca Raton, FL

Dr. Priti Kothari is a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with fellowship training at John Hopkins Medical Center. Dr. Kothari completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University with a major in Anthropology and a concentration in Women's Studies. She then went on to perform research in Eating Disorders at Hunter College/CUNY with an affiliation to Cornell Medical Center. She completed Medical School at Ross University School of Medicine and did her Adult Psychiatry Training at University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Hospitals. Subsequently, she completed Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Kothari's professional interests include Anxiety disorders, Mood disorders, ADHD, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Women's issues as well as the relationship between Mental Health and Weight Loss. She has been practicing in Boca Raton since 2005 and offers services of psychiatric evaluation and medication management. She has dedicated her practice to treating individuals with a wide range of psychiatric illnesses. Her approach is a comprehensive evaluation, which incorporates various perspectives of illness; including biological/personality/cognitive/dimensional traits, behavioral and psychosocial stressors. Dr. Kothari believes in being available and having close follow up. She is dedicated, committed and culturally sensitive to the various needs of not only the client but the family as well. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as well as Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In her free time she enjoys spending time at the beach, yoga, travel and reading. She also participates in various community fairs and volunteer coordination efforts both with international organizations and local services as well. She is a member and supporter of the following organizations and their corresponding regional bodies: American Psychiatric Association Indo-American Psychiatric Association American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Tourettes' Syndrome Association Alumni Schools Committee - Princeton University International OCD Foundation