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Robert Albanese Jr., MD

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

Dr. Robert Albanese is an internist and psychiatrist practicing in Napa Valley, California.  Dr. Albanese Jr. specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating mental disorders and discerning their interactions with general medical conditions. While trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Dr. Albanese's practice is limited to psychopharmacology. Dr. Albanese's practice focuses on schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer disease and Lewy body disease as well as alcohol and drugs use disorders.  
37 years Experience
Robert Albanese Jr., MD
  • Yountville, CA
  • Brody School of Medicine
  • Accepting new patients

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