Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (M.S.)

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Timothy Legg, Ph.D., Psy.D., M.S.N., M.P.A., M.Sc. P.M.H.N.P.-B.C.

P.M.H..N.P. Track Director and Clinical Assistant Professor

Tim has worked extensively in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatry. His experience encompasses the areas of addictions/dual diagnosis, neurodevelopmental disorders, and geropsychiatric care. He worked for several years in a Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program in upstate New York. He has taught nurse practitioner students for the past 20 years and served on the faculty of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, where he taught third year medical students in their psychiatry rotation at the Binghamton Clinical Campus, Binghamton, New York.

Tim’s current work includes private practice in the upstate New York area where he works with those who struggle with addictive disorders, dual diagnosis, and a wide variety of psychiatric and mental health issues. He also maintains employed practice with Dr. Matthew Berger, MD, in Moosic, Pennsylvania where he provides psychiatric care and services to individuals with substance use disorders/dual diagnosis as well as those with neurodevelopmental disorders. Tim also offers services to individuals in remote areas of North Dakota via telepsychiatry.

In addition to his clinical work, Tim serves as a member of the editorial board for The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report, a peer-reviewed publication for addictions professionals, and is also a member of the editorial review board for the behavioral health section of the American Journal of Recreation Therapy as well as the Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research.