Dr. Robert King
Comprehensive psychiatric assessment, diagnostic clarification, prescribing consultation, and collaborative treatment planning for adolescents, adults, and care teams.
Dr. Robert King brings more than three decades of psychiatric experience to clients whose needs demand careful formulation, interdisciplinary thinking, and precise clinical judgment — particularly where mental health intersects with neurodevelopmental complexity, trauma, and treatment resistance.
Dr. King began his career as a family physician, completing his medical degree at the University of Toronto and postgraduate training in Family Medicine at Queen's University.
He completed specialist training in psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario, graduating in 1993. Since then, he has worked in hospitals, the community, universities and with individuals with disabilities.
He is recognized for his work with Autism Spectrum Disorders and intellectual disabilities, when they co-occur with anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, substance use, or behavioural complexity.
Dr. King helped develop systems of care across Northeastern, Northwestern, and Southeastern Ontario, working from a careful, collaborative, formulation-driven model.
He has lectured throughout North America, co-authored Asperger's Syndrome: A Clinician Guide, edited Demystifying Syndromes, and published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
His article Charting for a Purpose was recognized internationally with the Dr. Robert Sovner Award, with former academic appointments at Western and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Senior psychiatric input for complex diagnostic, medication, and treatment-planning questions — for clients, families, therapists, and care teams.
Consultations are arranged through SmarterMe Mental Health Services. After your request is reviewed, appointment instructions, intake documentation, and payment details are sent privately.
A comprehensive first consultation focused on assessment, diagnostic clarification, medication review, and a personalized prescribing plan.
A focused follow-up for medication management, treatment monitoring, response review, prescription adjustment, and ongoing psychiatric direction.
Psychiatry with depth, precision, and context.
Careful evaluation and diagnostic clarity precede any prescribing decision.
Medication is considered deliberately, with attention to response, tolerability, and the whole clinical picture.
Work alongside families, therapists, physicians, and care teams rather than in isolation.
A whole-person framework that asks not only what the symptoms are, but what is driving them.
Clients and support systems are equipped to understand the plan — care delivered with respect and precision.
A record of authorship, teaching, and internationally recognized clinical work in developmental psychiatry.
Psychiatric consultation is best suited when there is a clear question: diagnosis, medication, treatment direction, complex care planning, or specialist input for ASD/ID and co-occurring concerns.
Consultations may be appropriate for children, youth, adults, families, and care teams, depending on the clinical question and suitability after review.
The initial consultation includes medication review and personalized prescribing direction when clinically appropriate. Specific prescribing decisions depend on the assessment, safety considerations, and scope of care.
Requests are coordinated privately through SmarterMe Mental Health Services. After review, you'll receive appointment instructions, intake documentation, and payment details.
For psychiatric assessment, medication consultation, diagnostic clarification, or complex mental health care planning, consultation requests are coordinated through SmarterMe Mental Health Services.
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