Jennifer Casarella, MD, graduated from Duke University in 1991 with a BA in psychology. She attended Emory Medical School. She completed a psychiatry residency at Emory as well as an addiction psychiatry fellowship. She is double boarded in psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Emory University as well as the medical director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Program and the Opioid Treatment Program at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. She has been in active practice for over 15 years. She is actively involved in teaching, research, advocacy, and treating patients.
Recent WebMD content from Jennifer Casarella, MD
- Facing Death Without Fear: Psychedelics for End-of-Life Care
- Advances in Addiction Treatment
- What Is an Intervention?
- Long COVID and Depression: What’s the Link?
- Life After a Suicide Attempt: Finding a Path Toward Hope
- Signs You’re Enabling a Loved One’s Addiction
- What Tech Is Doing to Help With Suicide Prevention
- Cutting & Self-Harm: Warning Signs and Treatment
- What Is Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy?
- Antipsychotics for Schizophrenia: 1st and 2nd Generation
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia: Hearing Voices and How to Manage Them
- Who Gets Schizophrenia? By Age, Sex, and More
- Clinical Trials for Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder: What to Know
- Schizophrenia: How Serotonin-Dopamine Activity Modulators (SDAMs) Can Help
- Do Mind-Body Therapies for Schizophrenia Work?
- What to Know About Hospitalization for Schizophrenia Against Your Will
- Opioids: How to Taper Off Them Safely
- What Causes Opioid Relapses?
- Early Intervention for Substance Use Disorders
- Suboxone for Opioid Use Disorder
- Mixing Benzos and Opioids: What You Should Know
- Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
- Disclosing Substance Use at the ER
- Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome and Opioids
- Tips to Curb Your Opioid Cravings
- Civil Rights Protections for People With Opioid Use Disorder
- Drug Addiction, Genes, and Your Environment
- How Does Screening for Substance Use Disorders Work?