Dr. Barbara Kessel | Source | Supervising Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Equip
Dr. Barbara Kessel
Dr. Barbara Kessel, DO, CEDS is a psychiatrist at Equip, and is driven by her passion for the field of eating disorders. She holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Ohio State University and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Notably, she received the "Outstanding Student Award" during her final year of medical school.
After her general psychiatry residency at the University of Colorado, Dr. Kessel completed a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship, training at Children's Hospital of Colorado’s Eating Disorder Unit and serving as Chief Resident at Denver Health Medical Center. Post-graduate training, she devoted six years to eating disorder patients across inpatient, residential, and partial hospital care levels.
Dr. Kessel has collaborated with leaders in the field, contributed to publications, and is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals. She hopes to help build a world that celebrates all bodies.
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Equip
Supervising Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Eating disorders are notoriously difficult to spot, according to Barb Kessel, DO, a supervising psychiatrist at Equip Health, a mental health clinic that provides virtual eating disorder care. She worries that providers aren't educated enough on disordered eating to even recognize it in certain patients before prescribing these "weight-loss" drugs.
Dr. Kessel says that most medical providers, even those working in mental health fields, aren't properly equipped to screen for them. "Generally speaking, the whole workforce, including primary care physicians and nurse practitioners, could use more education on eating disorders and screening for them," she says.
