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Richard Shelton, M.D.

Depression • Suicide • Bipolar disorder • Mood disorders • Experimental therapeutics • Biomarker identification

Media contact: Brianna Hoge, bhoge@uab.edu

Richard Shelton, M.D.

Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

Areas of expertise:

Depression
Suicide
Bipolar disorder
Mood disorders
Experimental therapeutics
Biomarker identification

As the Charles Byron Ireland Professor and Vice Chair for Research of Psychiatry, Shelton’s clinical specialization is with adult patients with mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. He can speak about causes and treatments of depression and bipolar disorder, as well as other mood disorders and issues such as suicide.

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