Mental Health - Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine

Joel L. Young, MD is the Medical Director and Founder of the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Young is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with added qualifications in geriatric, forensic and adolescent psychiatry. He serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Dr. Young is Chief Medical Officer of the Clinical Trials Group of Southeast Michigan. He has served as the primary investigator for more than 70 clinical trials, authoring over 100 articles. He has also authored the following books: When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems That Tear Families Apart, ADHD Grown Up: A Guide to Adolescent and Adult ADHD, and Contemporary Guide to Adult ADHD.

Dr. Young attended the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He graduated with high distinction with a major in history. In 1989, Dr. Young graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He pursued his residency (1989-1993) at the University of Michigan Hospitals, wherein his final year, he became adult services chief resident.

Dr. Young came to Rochester in 1993, serving as the first director of the psychiatric emergency services at Crittenton Hospital. While building RCBM through these years, he also serviced as Crittenton's chief of psychiatry staff. Dr. Young maintains staff privileges at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.

In addition to his patient care responsibilities, Dr. Young is Chief Medical Officer of the Clinical Trials Group at the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine. At any time, the
clinic participates in a number of national clinical trials, usually involving ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, or dementia.

Dr. Young's primary clinical interest involves the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity through the life cycle. Dr. Young also specializes in treatment-resistant
depression. He has researched and published on chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Dr. Young oversees all treatment taking place at the Rochester Center for
Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Young is committed to the education of patients and mental health providers. He has given hundreds of lectures, locally and throughout the nation
regarding his specialties.

He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Every year, WSU's family medicine residents complete their
psychiatric rotations at RCBM. Dr. Young's career is devoted to mental health and is featured in this article: School of Medicine News - Wayne State University.
In addition to clinical care, research, and teaching, Dr. Young also collaborates with the NFL and MLB to evaluate professional athletes in need of psychiatric assessment.