Nelson M. Handal, MD, DFAPA

Dr Handal is the Founder and President of Clinicom, Clinical Faculty at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan, Alabama, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA) and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. For the past 20 years, Dr. Nelson M. Handal has been the Founder, Chairman, and Medical Director for Dothan Behavioral Medicine Clinic – a large and modern mental health clinic in Alabama. He is also the Founder and Medical Director of Harmonex Neuroscience Research, where he participated in clinical research as a primary investigator in over 80 clinical trials for the past 14 years. Dr. Handal has won numerous awards, including the Heroes in the Fight Award given by Mental Health America, and Excellence in Public Mental Health Award given by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). In addition, Dr. Handal has been recognized as one of America’s Top Psychiatrists given by the Consumers’ Research Council of America.