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Christian Thurstone
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Christian Thurstone, MD, is board certified in general, child and adolescent, and addiction psychiatry. He is medical director of a busy adolescent substance treatment program and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado, Denver, where he researches adolescent addiction and also serves as training director for the addiction psychiatry fellowship program. Dr. Thurstone also currently serves as a physician for the National Football League and is a past president of the Colorado Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society. In 2012 he was awarded the White House Advocate in Action award for his efforts to reduce drug use and its consequences. That same year, the United States Congress awarded him another title: U.S. Army Major. He is honored to treat American service members needing mental health care as an Army Reserves officer. Visit his website at www.drthurstone.com.