DR.ATKINS IS A BOARD CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIST WITH ADDITIONAL ABPN BOARD CERTIFICATION IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY AND IN PAIN MEDICATION. HE IS FELLOWSHIP TRAINED IN CHILD PSYCHIATRY.HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST PSYCHIATRISTS IN THE COUNTRY TO BECOME CERTIFIED IN CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOTH INPATIENT AND OUT PATIENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.