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I am Latino, born in Colombia. In 1996, I immigrated permanently to US and completed my Residency Training with Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in Bronx, NY. Then, I completed sub-specialty training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Texas A&M Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, TX.
I moved to Florida and worked initially at Winter Haven Hospital. Then, in 2006, I opened my private practice in Orlando, FL where I reside. I treat all ages between 5 and 50 years old.
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Psychiatry
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English
Doctor Q&A
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
No reality-testing: Schizophrenia is probably the most serious/severe form of psychosis: a break in having an understanding of reality. Patients have beliefs that are not... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
All hand in hand...: Think of your own experience - anxiety: subjective feeling of being overwhelmed when not in control. We gain control by creating routines/patterns (e... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Suggest evaluation: Suggest to the person that you are concerned about to make an appointment with a psychologist (counselor) or psychiatrist. Either specialist will be a... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Yes, it could be.: It sounds you want to know if you can get recurrent depression with psychotic features. Yes, it's possible. It's a very serious form of depression th... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Consult your MD: It sounds like you're experiencing sleep paralysis: has been linked to disorders such as narcolepsy, migraines, anxiety disorders, and obstructive sle... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Consult your MD: A lot more needs to be discussed about your new-onset insomnia.
There seems to be no chronological correlation between your surgery and insomnia. ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Hand in hand: This has been known as "pudic erythema": a reaction to emotion/embarrassment, usually. It's perceived as "hyperexcitability of vaso-motor nerves" and ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
State of mind/see MD: "depression" has become misused for "sad". "officially" diagnose depression for treatment/disability by doctors/psychologists. But, you can understa... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Socialization issues: Effective communication between humans involves eye contact. It's considered to be one more of many features of autistic spectrum disorder, the new wa... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Underlying nature: Schizophrenia is chronic condition with impaired capacity to tell between reality /fantasy (delusions/hallucinations). It's recurrent, tends to prog... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Infant earache: Taking a young child (under 3 but more significantly under 1 y/o) on a plane can become stressful, particularly when on descent - the connection betwe... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Surgery/weight loss: There are only a couple of strategies that may appear or actually enhance penis:
1) losing weight if you have a thick pubic fat pad.
2) surgeries: t... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
All the way around: Intuitively, individuals trying to invert their sleep cycle try going to bed earlier to see if they'll fall asleep. Unfortunately, this works infreque... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Ricardo Bernalanswered
Psychiatry 32 years experience
Need more info: Odd movements are one more "criteria". But socialization deficits are much more important in diagnosis: poor eye-contact, no seeking attention (stretc... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Bernal is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Bernal is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
National University of Rosario Faculty of Medicine, Argentina
Graduated 1991MD
Awards
Top Doc - Orlando Magazine 2008, 2009, 2010
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