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Shariq Refai, MD, MBA

Medical editor and lead reviewer

Shariq Refai, MD, MBA is a board-certified psychiatrist. He is the founder of shrinkMD, an independent multistate telepsychiatry practice, and the founder of shrinkMD Publishing. He holds an MBA from Duke University. His training includes St. George's University School of Medicine and residency at the University of Hawaii and John Peter Smith Hospital. His clinical and public work focuses on anxiety, overthinking, panic, mood disorders, and modern psychiatric care.

Disclosure: founder of shrinkMD and shrinkMD Publishing. Shrinkopedia is editorially independent of clinical care provided through shrinkMD.

Reviewing clinicians

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