"Making a Difference in the Lives of Others" - Meet Michelle O’Brien, PhD, Neuropsychology

As a neuropsychologist at Lakeridge Health, Michelle O’Brien is passionate about helping to improve the mental health of people in Durham Region.

“Whether it’s helping someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or helping another person with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or even someone who has been affected by a concussion, I like knowing that my expertise and skills have made a difference in the lives of others,” said Michelle.

Michelle has worked at Lakeridge Health for 18 years. Through her specialty of neuropsychology, she focuses on helping people with brain-behavioural issues.

“If you take neurology and psychiatry and put them together, you have neuropsychology,” said Michelle. “We are interested in how the brain leads to behaviour but particularly someone who has had a brain injury, or some sort of neuro-disease. How that gets reflected in their thinking and their behaviour.”

Michelle recognizes the critical need for increased mental health services in Durham Region and is committed to her work as part of the Lakeridge Health team working towards a more integrated and coordinated mental health system.

To learn more about Lakeridge Health’s new three-year plan to address the needs of our communities and deliver a more integrated system of mental health and substance use in Durham Region, read Together, Best Mental Health.