Specialty Areas: Tourette, ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Dr. Coffey is an internationally-recognized specialist in Tourette Disorder and has expertise in treating ADHD and OCD. She is the Director of our Institute for Tourette and Tic Disorders and Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Coffey has been regularly named among New York Magazine's and Boston Magazine's "Best Doctors." She is the author of hundreds of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. She previously served on the medical advisory board of the Tourette Syndrome Association.
Dr. Coffey earned her M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine and her M.S. in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed a residency in general psychiatry at Boston University Hospital and a residency in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Coffey has served as an Examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
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Untreated Depression in Kids is a Risk Factor
Dr. Barbara Coffey talked to Newsday (PDF) about her current study of depressed teens who have recently attempted suicide. (November 22, 2005)
