Dr. Chelsea Carson
Investigator
Department of psychiatry
Psychiatric Healthcare
Portugal
Biography
Dr. Chelsea Carson is a professor in the Division of Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatry at Augusta University. She earned a B.S. in Biology from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and is a graduate of Creighton University School of Medicine as well. She completed her internship, general psychiatry residency, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Augusta University. During her time at Augusta University she served as Chief Resident during general psychiatry residency and her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship. Dr. Carson's areas of academic and clinical interest include early-onset psychosis and medical student and resident education. Other areas of clinical involvement include the juvenile justice system (Regional Youth Detention Center of Augusta) and residential, acute inpatient care, and partial hospitalization at Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta. Her research interests include schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses including relationships between infections and acute psychosis in adults and children.
Research Interest
Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatry
