Dr. Edwards is board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and board eligible in pediatrics. As Director, Adolescent Psychiatry at Lindner Center of HOPE he oversees the adolescent inpatient and outpatient programs. He specializes in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and abuse prevention.

Prior to joining the Lindner Center of HOPE, Dr. Edwards served as Medical Director for the Adolescent Sexual Offender and Child Abuse- Reactive Residential Programs and Acute Children’s Units at River Park Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. He also served in private practice at the New Hope Christian Counseling Center in Huntington, West Virginia.  Dr. Edwards’ other clinical positions have included serving as Medical Director for the Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program at River Park Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia; Medical Director for the Adolescent Partial Program at Charter Ridge Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky; volunteer faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky; and assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia.

Dr. Edwards is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and West Virginia State Psychiatric Association. He also serves on the Admissions Committee at Marshall University School of Medicine and formerly served on the Religion and Spiritual Committee for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Areas of Specialty:

• ADHD
• PTSD
• Abuse Prevention