Dr. Barnett received her undergraduate education from Birmingham-Southern College in 1982.  She became a Medical Technologist, and then proceeded to medical school at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama.  She received the Department of Radiology Research Award, and the Eugene Bondurant Award for Excellence in Psychiatry.  For her psychiatric training, she completed internship and residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.  After obtaining board certification in General Psychiatry, she obtained board certifications in Geriatric Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry.

She has been in the private practice of psychiatry since 1993.  She has also been in a number of leadership roles.  She was the Medical Director for the Agency for Community Treatment Services in Tampa for nearly five years.  ACTS serves persons with addictions and co-occurring disorders.  She conducted a clinic at Tri-County Services for the treatment of persons with co-occurring disorders for nearly ten years.  She incorporates evidence-based practices in her management of addictive disorders.  She has been certified as a Medical Review Officer.  She has received many other awards, including America's Top Psychiatrists by the Consumer's Research Council of America and Top Doctors by Tampa Bay Metro Magazine.  She was named Practitioner of the Year for 2018 by the Florida Psychiatric Society and a Distinguished Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Psychiatric Association

Florida Psychiatric Society

Greater Tampa Bay Psychiatric Association

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Florida Medical Association

AWARDS      

 American Psychiatric Association:  Distinguished Fellow  12/15/10    (enduring)

Florida Psychiatric Society:  Practitioner of the Year           2018

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists       2002-2003

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2004

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2005

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2006

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2007

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2008

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2009

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2010

Consumer’s Research Council of America:  Americas Top Psychiatrists         2011

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2012

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2013

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2014

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2015

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2016

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2017

Consumer's Research Council of America:  America's Top Psychiatrists        2018

Best Doctors in America     2013

Best Doctors in America     2014

Best Doctors in America     2015

Best Doctors in America     2016

Best Doctors in America     2017

Best Doctors in America     2018

 Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Top Doctors      2013

 Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Top Doctors      2014

  Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Top Doctors      2015

  Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Top Doctors      2016

  Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Top Doctors      2017

  Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Top Doctors      2018