Rachele M. McCarthey, M.D.

Bio

Rachele M. McCarthey, MD received her medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine. She completed her residency in the triple board program (pediatrics, psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry) at the University of Utah. She is currently an assistant professor of psychiatry in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Utah. Dr. McCarthey is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, general psychiatry and pediatrics. Dr. McCarthey primarily is an outpatient psychiatrist working through the University of Utah's Behavioral Health Clinic. Dr. McCarthey's clinical interests include general child and adolescent psychiatry, eating disorders including family based treatment, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Dr. McCarthey has received training in Family Based Treatment (FBT) and is working toward certification. Dr. McCarthey also is interested in refugee psychiatry and serves on the board of Utah Health and Human Rights an organization dedicated to treating survivors of torture.

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Board Certification and Academic Information

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Academic Bio

Rachele M. McCarthey, MD received her medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine. She completed her five year residency in the triple board program (pediatrics, psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry) at the University of Utah. She is currently an assistant professor of psychiatry in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Utah. Dr. McCarthey is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, general psychiatry and pediatrics. Dr. McCarthey primarily is an outpatient psychiatrist working through the University of Utah's Behavioral Health Clinic. Dr. McCarthey's clinical interests include general child and adolescent psychiatry, eating disorders including family based treatment, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Dr. McCarthey has received training in Family Based Treatment (FBT) and is working toward certification.

Dr. McCarthey serves as a resident supervisor to a senior general psychiatry resident interested in clinical child psychiatry. She is course director for the Systems of Care lecture series for child and adolescent fellows and triple board residents, in which various systems of care in child psychiatry are addressed. Dr. McCarthey teaches the second year medical student lectures on eating disorders. She also teaches both general and child and adolescent residents about eating disorders in various lecture series. Dr. McCarthey is passionate about providing eating disorder education to medical students, residents and the general community. Dr. McCarthey serves as an organizer for the "doc to doc" resident support group for the pediatric residents at Primary Children's Medical Center.

Dr. McCarthey also is interested in refugee psychiatry and serves on the board of Utah Health and Human Rights, an organization dedicated to treating survivors of torture. She is president-elect for the Utah Chapter of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is on the board of the Utah Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP).

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