Overview

Dr.Terry Bissell took a rather interesting route to her M.D.degree. She has a BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She returned to school and got her Medical Degree from UCLA in 1986. She completed her Residency in Psychiatry from the Sepulveda-UCLA Program in 1990. She has a special interest in working with women in the areas of Mood and Anxiety Disorders - PMDD, Pre and Post menopausal Depression and Postpartum Depression. Her ability to interface with primary care physicians in as asset to both patients and physicians. A routine day for Dr. Bissell, however, is assessing the need for medications in men and women who are also seeing a psychotherapist. She enjoys the collaboration of working with psychotherapists and over-seeing the psychiatric medications.

Gender: Female

Years in Practice: 35 Years

Languages Spoken: Spanish and English