Author

Patrick Jensen

Psychiatrist

Patrick Jensen is a psychiatrist in private practice at Tanner Health System in Villa Rica, Ga. He has a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.D. from East Tennessee State University, and he served a residency in psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center. Before entering the field of medicine, he was a hospital chaplain at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., and continues to hold credentials in the Church of God.

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