Artin A. Mahdanian, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Board Certified Psychiatrist

Dr Artin A. Mahdanian is a board-certified psychiatrist, existentialist, and independent scholar based in Washington DC, practising locally across the DMV region in the USA and in Quebec, Canada, and registered with the GMC in the UK. Trained primarily at McGill University, Dr Artin is certified by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. His areas of expertise include consultation psychiatry, global mental health, existentialism, and human rights. With experience spanning clinical, academic, and humanitarian settings, he has an extensive publication record exploring the intersections of psychiatry, psychology, human rights, and existential philosophy. He has developed the concepts of Rights-Based Existential Psychiatry and Dynamic Eclectic Existential Psychopharmacotherapy (DEEP Therapy).