He received a Ph.D. from Brigham Young University and then received specialized training as a post-doctoral fellow in child, adolescent, and family psychology at the USC School of Medicine. Dr. Barrus has a background in the neurobiology of brain disease. He uses practical psychological, diagnostic testing, and when needed, nuclear medicine imaging consultations to actually understand brain problems. Dr. Barrus received 4 years of post-doctoral specialized training in psychopharmacology, the use of medications and their effects on the brain. He is also trained in specialized therapies for anxiety, depression, bipolar disease, ADHD, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Barrus has both extensive inpatient and outpatient experience. He works with the most serious forms of mental illness and how these and less serious problems affect family, job, and social relationships.