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. 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 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.
Partial List of Treatment Areas
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- ADD/ADHD
- Adjustment Concerns
- Anger
- Anxiety / Stress
- Bipolar I & II
- Cognitive Disorder
- Depression
- Depression with Psychosis
- Depression with Suicidality
- Developmental Disability / Autism
- Eating Disorder
- Compulsive Gambling
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control (non-alcohol / drug)
- Irritability
- Memory Concerns
- OCD
- Personality Disorder
- Phobias
- Post-Partum / Pregnancy Depression
- Psychosis
- PTSD/Trauma
- Recent Hospitalization
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Severe Bipolar with Psychosis
- Sex / Pornography Addiction
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Women's Health - Hormonal Imbalance