What is a psychiatric consultation?
A psychiatric consultation at All Day Medical Care Clinic involves a full psychiatric assessment by the licensed mental health team to best understand the nature of you or your child’s illness and establish an appropriate treatment.
Your comfort and happiness are top priorities, whether you’re facing challenges relating to major life crises or the hurdles of everyday life.
During a mental health assessment, your provider empathetically explores past experiences, your family history, and current concerns to best meet you or your child’s individual treatment needs.
What are psychiatric disorders?
The providers at All Day Medical Care Clinic evaluate, diagnose, and treat various psychiatric disorders in children, teenagers, and adults. Examples include:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Bipolar disorders
- Anger management problems
- Drug and alcohol addictions
- Attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD)
- Eating disorders
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Phobias
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Providers offer counseling and additional therapies to help you or your child manage stress, grief, or relationship conflicts.
How are psychiatric disorders treated?
After a psychiatric consultation, your doctor reviews treatment options with you, including:
Lifestyle changes
Lifestyle changes may help ease symptoms of depression or anxiety without the need for further treatment in some cases. Get regular exercise, lose weight if you’re overweight, and try stress-relieving techniques such as yoga, tai chi, massage, or meditation.
Play therapy
Play therapy is a form of counseling that helps children express their feelings and communicate better through play.
Anger management
Licensed professionals at All Day Medical Care Clinic offer anger management strategies to equip you or your child to patiently and calmly get through stressful situations.
Psychotherapy
A psychiatrist helps you establish a deeper awareness of yourself, improve your sense of well-being, ease depression symptoms and interpersonal pain, and develop healthy relationships with others. Your doctor might recommend individual, group, or family counseling.
Addiction treatment
If you have a drug, alcohol, or other addictions the experienced therapists at All Day Medical Care Clinic use researched backed counseling techniques to help you recover.
Medications
Sometimes medications used in conjunction with psychotherapy are the best way to restore you or your child’s mental health.
Treatment approaches at All Day Medical Care Clinic are based on up-to-date research and extensive clinical experience. Your treatment plan is highly individualized and takes place in a safe, stigma-free, confidential environment.
The team of compassionate, licensed mental health counselors at All Day Medical Care Clinic help you or your child thrive and discover strength from within. Call All Day Medical Care Clinic to schedule a psychiatric consultation today or use the online scheduler.
