How Dr. Monissa Solberg Makes Society Better Through Psychiatry

Dr. Monissa Solberg has developed a strong reputation over the years, based in part on her empathetic and caring demeanor. She earned that reputation through her work with patients of all backgrounds, as she helped them achieve their treatment goals, no matter what they were. Over many years, Dr. Solberg has conducted extensive research in a wide variety of medical and psychiatric fields. Among the subjects she has researched and written on have included mental illness in underserved populations, the effects of solitary confinement on mentally ill incarcerated individuals, and even maternal depression. She has written so many papers and she has presented her research so many regional and national psychiatric meetings, she is considered a qualified expert to most professionals.

One thing is for sure; Dr. Monissa Solberg has a plethora of education and training in her background; certainly enough to provide her with a strong background for patients to rely on. For example, she attended medical school and also subsequently completed her residency training in Adult Psychiatry at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Through her academic training at UCLA, Dr. Monissa Solberg also gained extensive clinical knowledge in wide variety of settings, including extensive work with underserved populations at Los Angeles County hospitals, as well as working with veterans at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

Monissa Solberg - Areas of Expertise

Psychiatry has so many different areas that one can develop an expertise in and when Monissa Solberg began to study for her career in psychiatry, she decided that she would focus on helping those in the most difficult of situations as her area of expertise. After earning her medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, she began a fellowship in forensic psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry is the study of the mind as it relates to the law and justice system.

During this time, she was able to provide psychiatric evaluations as well as expert witness testimony. She was also able to work with the adult and juvenile justice system with mentally ill incarcerated individuals. It was here that she was inspired to start doing some more research into this specific area of study.

Today, Monissa Solberg has done extensive research on topics such as maternal depression, mental illness in underserved communities as well as the effects of solitary confinement on mentally ill incarcerated individuals. This last topic was inspired by the fellowship she completed early on in her career and she continues to work in this field as an expert witness and performs forensic psychiatric evaluations. The research papers she has written have been numerous and she has presented her findings at a variety of national psychiatric meetings. Serving patients is the goal of Monissa Solberg and she feels privileged to be able to do this daily in her career.