Leila Hariri, MD
Double board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, practicing in North County San Diego.
Dr. Leila Hariri, MD
A dual specialty, one continuous standard of care
Dr. Leila Hariri completed full residency training in Adult Psychiatry and then fellowship training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry — earning board certification in both. It is a demanding path that comparatively few psychiatrists complete, and it shapes everything about how she practices.
In practical terms, it means she can evaluate an eight-year-old with attention difficulties, treat that child’s teenage sibling for anxiety, and support a parent through a depressive episode — understanding how those threads connect within one family rather than viewing each in isolation.
Her clinical style is precise, warm, and unhurried. She favors a collaborative model: patients and families are informed partners in every decision, from establishing diagnostic clarity to weighing whether medication is the right tool at all.
Education & certification
Verifiable credentials matter when you are choosing who to trust with your family’s care.
Adult Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology — certified in Psychiatry, [ add year ].
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology — certified in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, [ add year ].
Medical education
[ Medical school ] — MD.
[ Residency program ] — Psychiatry residency.
[ Fellowship program ] — Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship.
State of California
Licensed physician and surgeon, Medical Board of California — license [ add number ].
Professional membership
[ e.g. American Psychiatric Association; American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ]
Spoken in practice
[ e.g. English, Farsi ]
Evidence-based. Deeply personal.
Dr. Hariri integrates current psychiatric research with an individualized lens, because no two patients — and no two families — present the same way. Appointments are unhurried and confidential, structured around long-term wellbeing rather than short-term symptom scores.
She is candid about medication: when it is clearly indicated, when it is worth a careful trial, and when the better answer is therapy, a sleep intervention, a school accommodation, or simply more time. That honesty is the point of a practice that isn’t built on volume.
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