360-305-3275
360-734-5503
James Harle, MD
Board-Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Availability: Not accepting new clients
- Insurance accepted: Premera, Lifewise, Regence, HMA, Kaiser Permanente, Aetna, and some Blue Cross Blue Shield plans
- Services provided: Psychiatric evaluation, psychiatric consultation and supervision, medication management
Education and Training:
Dr. Harle completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University, majoring in Biology, and then attended medical school at the University of Washington. His general psychiatry residency was completed at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, followed by his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital
Work experience:
Dr. Harle has worked in many different clinical settings over the years, including private practice outpatient offices, inpatient psychiatric units, state psychiatric hospital units, university clinics, juvenile justice settings, and child and family community mental health clinics.
Works with:
Children, adolescents, and their families from birth to late adolescence.
Treatment approach:
Dr. Harle is invested in thoroughly exploring the nature of presented concerns to determine the most effective and acceptable way of offering help and support. He values empirically-supported diagnostic and multimodal treatment approaches (including education, therapy/counseling for children and families, medication when appropriate, movement/exercise, social connection, and meaning/purpose) and recognizes that all individuals are unique and should be approached as such.
| James Harle, MD CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST | |
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| Education: | B.S., Biology, Stanford University, June 1991 M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine June 1998 |
| Residency Training: | General Psychiatry Residency Oregon Health and Sciences University, July 1998 – June 2001 |
| Fellowship Training: | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship University of Washington, July 2001 – June 2003 |
| Board Certifications: | Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology General Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Professional Memberships: | American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Selected Publications: | Harle, McClellan. “Family and Group Psychosocial interventions for Child- and Adolescent-Onset Schizophrenia” (book chapter) in Juvenile-Onset Schizophrenia. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Galer, Twilling, Harle, et al. “Lack of efficacy of riluzole in the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain conditions.” Neurology, Oct. 2000. 55(7). Pp. 971-5. |
| Selected Service: | Whatcom County Behavioral Health Revenue Advisory Committee, appointed 2009 by Whatcom County Executive P. Kremen, termed out 2010 Clinical Faculty, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, appointed 2009, ongoing Whatcom County Mental Health Advisory Board, 2004-2010 Chair, Assembly Committee of Members-in-training, American Psychiatric Association, 2000-01 |