Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment Planning

This service offers a thorough and comprehensive assessment to understand your mental health needs. Our expert clinician conducts a detailed clinical interview and uses validated assessment scales to evaluate the severity of your symptoms. Based on this evaluation, a personalized treatment plan is developed, which may include differential diagnosis, evidence-based therapies, and medication management.

Key Components of the Service Include:

• Differential Diagnosis: Identifying the underlying causes of your symptoms.
• Treatment Planning: Creating a customized strategy for your mental health care.
• Prescription Medication: Recommendations for medications that may help alleviate symptoms.
• Psychoeducation: Providing information to help you understand your condition and how to manage it.
• Stress Recovery & Resilience Building: Techniques to help you manage stress and recover from mental health challenges.
• Skill Building: Teaching effective coping skills, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT), mindfulness practices, and goal setting.

Assessment Scales Used:

• Audit Alcohol Use
• Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)
• Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
• Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS)
• Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5)
• Young Mania Assessment Scale (YMRS)
• Zanarini Borderline Personality Disorder Scale