Dr. Lawrence Ballon talks about psychiatry and psychology and how these treatments provide important tools to help people with their mental health.  Dr. Ballon is a board certified psychiatrist as well as a psychoanalyst and psychopharmacologist.   He has over 30 year of experience successfully treating thousands of patients, has held a 12 year term as Chief of Psychiatry at Virginia Hospital Center, and served as President and Medical Director of Arlington Psychiatric Group.  Dr. Ballon earned his M.D. and trained in psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, and received his certification in psychoanalysis from the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis in Washington, DC.