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Dr. Mohandessi is a two-time Diplomate of The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. He is Board-Certified both in Adult (2009) and Forensic (2011) Psychiatry.
He completed his medical school training at the University of Washington, School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. He traveled to Alaska, Idaho, Montana and rural parts of Washington State to complete his clinical training during medical school. Dr. Mohandessi lived in Chicago for four years while completing his Psychiatric Residency training at Northwestern University.
Dr. Mohandessi completed subspecialty training in Forensic Psychiatry at University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California.
He is a Licensed Physician in the States of Oregon, California and Illinois. He is appointed Affiliate Assistant Professor at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and serves the Division of Psychiatry and the Law.
He is appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Western University of Health Sciences and precepts medical students on a weekly basis.
Dr. Mohandessi has provided treatment to patients in inpatient, outpatient, forensic and correctional settings. He has experience treating patients from various socio-economic backgrounds in urban and rural communities.
His interests in therapy include insight-oriented psychotherapy specifically cognitive therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and self psychology. He is also interested in the history and development of psychiatry and psychiatric theory.
Dr. Mohandessi's research efforts have included the fields of internet addiction, cyberstalking, suicide rates and risk factors, the clinician in court, psychiatry and the media, cognitive impairments, deaf culture, sleep disorders and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in major medical diseases including heart failure and stroke.
He has lectured at national meetings including the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Dr. Mohandessi is available for lectures on the above topics and other topics related to mental health and the law. Please contact Dr. Mohandessi if you are interested in his lecture services.