Misty C. Richards
MD, MS, DFAACAP
Affiliations
- Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & OB-GYN, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
- Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Director of Perinatal Psychiatry, Maternal Outpatient Mental health Services (MOMS) Clinic, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Biography
Dr. Misty Richards is a child, adult, and reproductive psychiatrist at UCLA who holds a joint appointment in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She serves as the Program Director for the UCLA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and is highly involved in medical student education as the Co-Chair of the UCLA DGSOM Medical Education Committee. Clinically, Dr. Richards serves as the Director of Infant Mental Health of the UCLA Maternal Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program and is also the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Perinatal Psychiatry for the Maternal Outpatient Mental health Services (MOMS) Clinic in the Department of OB-GYN. She is a passionate clinician-educator with expertise in treating perinatal mood disorders, psychosis, and parent-infant attachment disorders, while also educating the next generation about reproductive psychiatry and early childhood mental health.
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