Joel L. Young, MD, Medical Director
Medical Director
Joel L. Young, MD is the Medical Director and Founder of the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Young is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with added qualifications in geriatric, forensic and adolescent psychiatry. He serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
He is the Cofounder and Chief Medical Officer of Mind-Metrix, a comprehensive assessment service that empowers patients to navigate the path to improved well-being and the Cofounder and Chief Medical Officer of MedaData, that conducts advanced research with an unmatched, real-world psychiatric data set.
Dr. Young is Chief Medical Officer of the Clinical Trials Group of Southeast Michigan. He has served as the primary investigator for more than 70 clinical trials, authoring over 100 articles. He has also authored the following books:
- Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue: A Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Practitioners
- When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems That Tear Families Apart
- ADHD Grown Up: A Guide to Adolescent and Adult ADHD
- Contemporary Guide to Adult ADHD
Dr. Young attended the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He graduated with high distinction with a major in history. In 1989, Dr. Young graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He pursued his residency (1989-1993) at the University of Michigan Hospitals, wherein his final year, he became adult services chief resident.
Dr. Young came to Rochester in 1993, serving as the first director of the psychiatric emergency services at Crittenton Hospital. While building RCBM through these years, he also serviced as Crittenton's chief of psychiatry staff.
In addition to his patient care responsibilities, Dr. Young is Chief Medical Officer of the Clinical Trials Group at the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine. At any time, the clinic participates in a number of national clinical trials, usually involving ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, or dementia.
Dr. Young's primary clinical interest involves the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity through the life cycle. Dr. Young also specializes in treatment-resistant depression. He has researched and published on chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Dr. Young oversees all treatment taking place at the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Young is committed to the education of patients and mental health providers. He has given hundreds of lectures, locally and throughout the nation regarding his specialties.
He is also the Clinical Associate Professor Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences. Every year, WSU's family medicine residents complete their psychiatric rotations at RCBM. Dr. Young's career is devoted to mental health and is featured in this article: School of Medicine News - Wayne State University.
In addition to clinical care, research, and teaching, Dr. Young also collaborates with the NFL and MLB to evaluate professional athletes in need of psychiatric assessment.
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Current patients can reach Dr. Young at jyoung@rcbm.net
Joel L. Young, MD
Medical Director | Chief Medical Officer
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Jyoung@rcbm.net
441 S. Livernois Rd, Suite 100
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