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Experience

Patrick McNamara is a former writer for Verywell Health.

Since then he has published more than 40 scientific papers on the disorder in major medical journals.

He also has taught neuropsychology at various colleges and universities in the northeast.

Education

In 1986, Dr. McNamara received his B.A.

in psychology from Boston University.

He went on to earn his Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience in 1991, also from Boston University.

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