Mental Health

Services are offered by board certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners. Psychiatric evaluation components include: 

-Patient interview. 

-Medical record review. 

Medication Management: 

-Prescribe medication when indicated.

-Ongoing medication monitoring and evaluation related to the patient's use of psychotropic medication.

A mental health condition the result of multiple factors such as: 

-Genetics. 

-Environment and lifestyle influence whether someone develops a mental health condition.  

-A stressful job or home life makes some people more susceptible. 

-Traumatic life events.  

-Biochemical processes and circuits and basic brain structure may play a role, too.

None of this means that you’re broken or that you did something “wrong.” Mental illness is no one’s fault. 

If you have or think you might have a mental illness, the first thing you must know is that you are not alone. Mental health conditions are far more common than you think, mainly because people don’t like to, or are scared to talk about them.