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Dr. Paul Wells is a board certified adult psychiatrist and is awaiting board certification in child and adolescent psychiatry. He was born in Los Angeles, California and started teaching kids swimming lessons at age 15. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Psychology from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts and achieved a Masters in Biomedical Sciences from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Wells then attended medical school at the USF Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida where he continued on to complete his residency in Psychiatry and Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
While at USF, he obtained substantial training in the diagnosis and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, tic disorders and OCD. Dr. Wells also participated in a training cohort in integrative medicine in psychiatry through the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Wells believes in treating the whole individual and, especially in working with children and adolescents, involving the family unit as part of the treatment plan. He also enjoys working to support families through parent management training and is a certified HOTDOCS instructor.
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