Yong S. Shin, MD, a Psychiatrist with Yong Shin MD and Associates, LLC

Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Yong S. Shin, who serves patients in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

A seasoned psychiatrist, Dr. Shin has maintained her private practice – Yong Shin MD and Associates, LLC – in the Pottstown area since 1988. She also serves in an Emeritus capacity at the Pottstown Hospital, Tower Health.

Academically, she is a graduate of the Ewha Women’s Medical College in Seoul, Korea, where she also completed her internship, before relocating to the United States and completing an additional internship at Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia. She then went on to complete two consecutive residencies in psychiatry at Philadelphia General Hospital in 1972, and at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1974.

The doctor’s vast and highly successful clinical experience includes the following titles: Staff Psychiatrist, Medical Director and Unit Director at the Pottstown Memorial Care Center; Assistant Unit Director and Women’s Unit Director at Eugenia Psychiatric Hospital; and Medical Director of the Progressions Senior Day Program.

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. Yong S. Shin:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/2366571-Yong-Shin-Psychiatrist or through Yong Shin MD and Associates, LLC, http://www.yongshinmd.com/about-our-clinicians

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