MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND CONDITIONS
Conditions We Treat
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- PTSD
- OCD
- Psychosis
- Postpartum depression
- Schizophrenia
- Suicidal ideation
- Personality disorders
- Coping skills
- Life transitions
- Mood disorders
- Stress
Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation
The first step in receiving the right help for a mental health problem is receiving a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation. We take special care in gathering the right information to determine the most likely diagnosis and most effective treatment.
Psychotherapy
We use psychotherapy as the primary treatment to help patients understand and resolve problems, modify behavior, and make positive changes in their lives. We practice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – a time limited and research proven type of psychotherapy that emphasizes identifying maladaptive patterns of thinking or behaving, and replacing these patterns with more balanced thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Positive results are usually seen within the first month of treatment.
Medication Management
Because we deeply appreciate the uniqueness of each patients’ brain chemistry, we approach medication management as a science and an art. Together we can explore if medication may be right for you. If you are currently on medications and interested in transferring care we will carefully review your medication history to look for areas we can further optimize.
We take a conservative approach to prescribing medicine, and reserve this option only for instances where the potential benefits of treatment outweigh the risks. Some problems are so severe and persistent that they would have serious negative consequences for the patient and family if untreated, and psychotherapy may be more effective if combined with medication
Neurocognitive or Neuropsychological Testing
Leading edge neurocognitive and behavioral health assessment technologies efficiently collects valid and reliable brain & behavioral clinical endpoints providing clinicians with valuable clinical endpoints that help inform the clinical relationship between brain function (central nervous system) and neurocognitive / behavioral dysfunction.
- Automate the collection of guideline recommended clinical and quality measures e.g., PQRS, recommended by professional societies and payers
- Establish a neurocognitive baseline in each patient to use in later treatment decisions
- Longitudinally track clinical endpoints to aid in the monitoring and management of many clinical conditions and treatments e.g., measure the response to treatment like AD/HD medication, rehabilitation efforts, cognitive behavioral therapy – CBT, etc. and used to measure clinical outcomes
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners located in Syracuse, NY