Leonel Urcuyo, MD, a Psychiatrist with NYC Health + Hospitals

Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Leonel Urcuyo, who serves patients in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Dr. Urcuyo is a board-certified psychiatrist who has over five decades of experience in his field. He specializes in treating issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more. 

Currently, he is currently affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County & NYC Health + Hospitals / WoodhullNYC Health + Hospitals / Woodhull, both of which are located in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. 

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public healthcare system in the United States. It provides essential inpatient, outpatient, and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs. Its mission is: “to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of their ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect; to promote and protect, as both innovator and advocate, the health, welfare, and safety of the people of the City of New York; and to join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership which will enable each of our institutions to promote and protect health in its fullest sense – the total physical, mental, and social well-being of the people.”

A graduate of the Complutense University of Madrid, Dr. Urcuyo relocated to the United States to complete his residency in psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.

In addition to being a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (FAPA), the doctor is board-certified in psychiatry the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting high quality patient care for the public through the initial and continuing certification of psychiatrists and neurologists.

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions. Psychiatrists evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, prescribe medication, and evaluate treatment results.

Learn More about Dr. Leonel Urcuyo:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/206996-Leonel-Urcuyo-Psychiatrist

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