SLUCare Physician Group
Erick Messias, MD
Psychiatry

Dr. Erick Messias specializes in adult psychiatry, including treatment for depression, personality disorders and schizophrenia. He offers outpatient consultation, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology consultation. Dr. Messias uses the latest techniques in his practice, including positive psychotherapy and existential psychotherapy.
He has a variety of research interests: positive psychiatry and psychology, professional wellbeing leadership, transcultural psychiatry, suicide risk factors, and depression epidemiology.
Dr. Messias is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
In addition to English, Dr. Messias speaks Portuguese and Spanish.
He has a variety of research interests: positive psychiatry and psychology, professional wellbeing leadership, transcultural psychiatry, suicide risk factors, and depression epidemiology.
Dr. Messias is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
In addition to English, Dr. Messias speaks Portuguese and Spanish.
About Me
Specialties
Psychiatry
Gender
Male
Education
Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore
Residency, 2003
University of Maryland Medical System
Residency, 2001
Universidade Federal Ceara
Medical School, 1996
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy, 2005
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Master of Public Health, 2002
Hospital Affiliations
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Drug Enforcement Administration
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
Missouri Dept of Health/Narcotics&Dangerous Drugs
Missouri State Board of Registration
Medical Interests
Personality disorder
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Map & Directions
SLUCare Physician Group - Psychiatry
1438 S. Grand Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63104



