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Leigh Anne Bennett, M.D.

Dr. Bennett received her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2000 and completed her psychiatry residency training in 2004.

She is a Board Certified psychiatrist and is currently a partner of Arkansas Psychiatric Clinic and medical director for Health Resources of Arkansas, a community mental health clinic.

Her realm of practice includes outpatient management for adults with emphasis on treatment for mood and anxiety disorders and eating disorders, as well as involvement in clinical research trials. Her main area of interest is in Women’s mental health with a primary focus in treating perinatal psychiatric disorders.

 

A native Arkansan, Dr. Bennett received the M. Joycelyn Elders Community Service Award in 2003 for her contributions toward the establishment of the Dr. Robert E. Elliot Foundation, created in memory of her father Robert Elliot who suffered from depression and died by suicide. The foundation’s mission is to provide a lifeline of hope by offering services, education, resources, and support to people with depression and to survivors of suicide.

Common Questions

What are some of the most misunderstood aspects of having an illness that needs the attention of a mental health?

If individuals have no direct first-hand experience with mental health treatment, their view is often clouded by a stigma of chronic mental illness. The reality is that as much as 20-30 percent of the population have some type of mood or anxiety disorders, major depression, bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety and panic.

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Bradley Diner, M.D.

After graduation from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr. Diner completed his psychiatric residency in 1989 at Vanderbilt University where he served as Chief Resident.

His area of practice includes inpatient and outpatient adolescent and adult psychiatry with emphasis on mood and anxiety disorders and involvement in clinical research trials. He further specializes in forensic psychiatry, in which he is frequently requested to provide independent evaluations, expert witness testimony and evaluation of impaired medical professionals.

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Contact Information

Arkansas Psychiatric Clinic
4 Executive Center Court
Little Rock, Arkansas 72211
p. 501-448-0060
f. 501-448-0066

Therapists Office
4 Executive Center Court
Little Rock, Arkansas 72211
p. 501-448-0170
f. 501-448-0171

 

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