Dr. Michael Binder is an adult and adolescent psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, and prolific author who has been in practice for more than thirty-five years. He is a graduate of UCLA and the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, and is the former Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Dr. Binder is an innovative clinician who has spent most of his professional career in direct patient care. Drawing from over 80,000 hours of clinical experience together with decades of research into the cause of mental illness, Dr. Binder published the first comprehensive psychophysiological hypothesis of psychiatric disorders and perfected a treatment technique that catapulted his success rate from around 30% to nearly 100%! It also reduced his average time to symptom-reduction from around six months to six days!

As a general adult and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr. Binder is experienced in treating a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, school phobia, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, Tourette’s disorder, eating disorders, and substance use disorders. In addition to his extensive experience in the use of pharmacotherapy, Dr. Binder is equally experienced in the use of psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families. Notably, his psychophysiological hypothesis of psychiatric disorders offers the first objective method of determining which symptoms are rooted in neuropathology versus psychopathology, thus ending centuries of debate about which patients would most appropriately be treated with which form of therapy. 

In 2012 Dr. Binder established the Binder Foundation, a charitable organization that is dedicated to the enhancement of human life through research and education aimed at removing mental, emotional, and physical barriers to personal fulfillment. The foundation seeks to combine spiritual principles with medical science to bring healing to mind, body, and spirit.

Testimonials

“Dr. Michael Binder is a gift from GOD  to our planet.  He is the most brilliant, caring, loving man one could ever talk with.  He listens, he understands, he cares, he loves, he relates, he fixes, he goes the extra mile and he makes you feel like you are the most important human being in his life at the time you are speaking with him.  He has saved our family on many occasions.  We have referred him, we have enjoyed him, we are grateful for him.  We love him.  He has ideas that are above and beyond that of medicine.  Ideas that work.  He is a scientist in his own right.  He is a leader, a christian, a vessel from the ultimate doctor and creator.  He is –simply the BEST. ”    

“For the last seven years, my son has suffered with a mood disorder, ADD, and substance abuse. During that time, he was treated by several doctors, was on over a dozen different medications, was hospitalized three times, and was in rehab four times with no hope in sight. THEN WE FOUND DR. BINDER. He listened carefully and with compassion to my son’s history and symptoms, understood immediately what the problem was, explained things clearly, diagnosed him properly, and put him on the appropriate medication. Within a few months, my son’s transformation has been dramatic and amazing. He is now happy, productive, and abstinent from drugs and alcohol. Dr. Binder has been a Godsend to my son and our family. I truly believe he has saved my son’s life.”  

Diagnostic Accuracy
99%
Clinical Success Rate
90%
Average 1-Week Symptom Reduction
50%
Patient Followup
97%
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