Christopher Van Schenck, M.D.

Dr. Christopher Van Schenck, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist with 16 years of experience in the field of psychiatry and neurology. He has worked extensively with patients of all ages, from children to adults, in both inpatient and outpatient environments. Dr. Van Schenck offers a combination of medication management and therapy, providing personalized care to both individuals and couples.

Education

  • University of Florida College of Medicine
    General Psychiatric Residency
     
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
    Pediatric Residency First Year
     
  • UC Davis Medical Center
    Pediatric Internship
     
  • University College Cork School of Medicine
    Doctor of Medicine
     
  • Barry University
    Master's Degree in Biomedical Sciences, Attended
     
  • University of Arizona
    BS in Physiological Sciences
  • Southern Methodist University Pre-Med focus

Board Certification(s)

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • National Board of Physicians and Surgeons

Presentations/Achievements

2/1/2014       “Rest for your Souls” speaker at non-violence conference. The Aftermath of Violence, Supporting the Members of our Community. Sacred Roots and the Khadafy Foundation for Non-Violence.

 
2/4/2013          “Psychiatric ABCs of Post-Partum Depression. San Juaquin County Public Health Services. (CPSP)

11/5/2013        “St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Suboxone Program” Presentation given at St. Joseph’s Hospital Stockton. Current pharmacotherapy, buprenorphine, psychopharmacology of buprenorphine and patient assessment and treatment.

4/23/2013        UF Psychiatry Residency Quality Improvement Project Presentation:  “Improving Patient Intake Assessments”


2011-2013       John E. Adams Memorial Overall Academic Achievement Award.

6/14/2011        UF Psychiatry Residency Quality Improvement Project Presentation:  “Preventing suicide by educating patients and providers about steps to prevention and community resources” 

Articles and Columns

12/2013           HerLife Magazine. Central Valley Edition, “The Holiday Blues”

 12/2013           LifeStyles Magazine. “Holiday Blues- Tis the Season?” and Lincoln Center Chronicle. “Holiday Blues- Tis the Season?”

 10-11/2013      San Juaquin LifeStyles Magazine. Oct/Nov Issue:
“The Stimga of Mental Health”

Community Advocacy

2014-2021       Head Psychiatrist at Sierra Salem Group Homes in Modesto, California.

2010-2013       Helping Hands Clinic: Offering medication management, crisis counseling, and supportive therapy to homeless Gainesville residents.

 2012-Present  Full NAMI Member (National Alliance on Mental Illness): The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons and families affected by serious mental illness.

Summer 2003          Sacramento Children’s Bereavement Art Group. Mentor to children suffering from traumatic loss of a family member.

 10-11/2002        Assault Safe Self Defense for Women. Designed martial arts program in response to a series of attacks on campus.

 3-4/2002          Arizona Children’s Home Volunteer. Mentor to children who had been abandoned by their families.

Personal

Active lifelong learner with dedication to reading literature, history, philosophy, art and science. 

Artist, Art lover.  Studied abroad in Florence, Italy during summer 2001.
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