Michael De La Hunt, MD

Michel De La Hunt, MD, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist who has practiced pediatric psychiatry for over 25 years in Jacksonville in both inpatient and outpatient settings since completing his triple-board training at Brown University in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child & adolescent psychiatry. Dr. De La Hunt previously served as the medical director of behavioral health services at Wolfson's during his career. He has focused his energies on advancing pediatric behavioral health services both within Wolfson Children's Hospital and throughout our community, as well as supporting many training programs preparing the next generation of clinical providers.

• Inpatient Child and Asolescent Psychiatry

Specialties

• Psychiatrist

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Boards

• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

From the Doctor

Having moved to Jacksonville immediately after training, I have been blessed to have grown personally and professionally in parallel with Jacksonville's development from humble beginnings to a destination city with some of the finest environs, people and culture available in the country. It's the little city with a big heart. I enjoy globe-trotting to various countries to learn about history, people and cultures, which likely stems from my time as a former Peace Corps volunteer science teacher in Ghana, West Africa, for two years after graduating college.

My philosophy of care is to be family-centered, nonjudgmental, compassionate for those having to manage life's struggles and to practice the golden rule of treating others as I would like to be treated.

My daily morning ritual starts by drinking from my coffee cup inscribed with the Serenity Prayer: "God grant me the serenity to know what cannot be changed, the courage to change what can be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference". That's how I start every day, and I try to be an instrument of positive change as much as possible in my daily work. In full disclosure, and with dogs being my spirit animal, my other coffee cup says, "Dogs are my favorite people".

Ages Treated

• Teen

• Toddler

• Adolescent

Languages

• English

Legal Practice Name

• Baptist Behavioral Health, LLC