About Mohammad Abu-Salha, MD

Dr. Abu-Salha founded Johnston Psychiatric Associates in March 2006. Dr. Abu-Salha is Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. In March 2021, Dr. Abu-Salha was awarded the 2021 American Psychiatric Assembly Profile of Courage Award for exhibiting great courage in continuing to speak out publicly against islamophobia. He commands a long experience in the field of general psychiatry and sees patients of all ages starting with Pre-K. Dr. Abu-Salha enjoys a great experience in treating Mood Disorders and has a great interest in Adult and Child ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, personality disorders, and impulse control disorders to mention a few. 
 
Dr. Abu-Salha graduated with an MBChB from the University of Basrah, Iraq. He worked as a general practitioner in Iraq, Kuwait and in his country of Origin, Jordan. After moving to the USA, Dr. Abu-Salha attended and graduated his residency training in psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk Virginia, where he was appointed as chief resident and clinical instructor for residents and medical students. He was also awarded the Resident Research Award and presented at national and regional conferences. 

Dr. Abu-Salha takes pride in that he obtained his American Citizenship by serving Rural Communities in NC since 1998, an experience and an honor he described that was both enriching and amazingly rewarding. Providing Community Psychiatry in Clinton, NC, and serving as a Medical Director at Eastpointe Human Services, Dr. Abu-Salha helped manage Mental Health for four Rural NC Counties before he decided to Experience Private Practice in Clayton, NC where he successfully established and grew Johnston Psychiatric Associates for 14 years. He and his eight associates made the practice a household item in Johnston County. Dr. Abu-Salha brought all these years of success together with his distinguished team of eight esteemed therapists with him as he decided to add to the momentum of Mind Path Care Centers. 
 
Dr. Abu-Salha receives great support from his beloved wife, Amira, who helps him manage the practice and they both were blessed with three wonderful children. Their two late daughters Yusor and Razan fell victims of a Hate Crime in the Chapel Hill Shooting on February 10, 2015 together with their beloved late son in law, Deah Barakat. Yusor was the 21 and six weeks married to Deah. Razan was 19 when they passed. Dr. Abu-Salha and his wife Amira are grateful for having their only son, Yousef, who is a medical student at UNC School of Medicine. 

Living and practicing in different countries and cultures enriched Dr. Abu-Salha’s perspective of human life and experience. As he served the disenfranchised, the poor, the working hard, and in some cases, the privileged, the rural and urban dwellers, Dr. Abu-Salha concluded his own Motto: “Despite how Politics, Money and Geography try to divide Humanity, it is quite amazing that we’re all much more alike than we’re different”. 
 

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