WHAT WE TREAT

Our primary focus is to provide medication management for our patients.

 

We may provide brief supportive / solution focused or cognitive behavior therapy if needed.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Our office treats the following conditions:

 

  • ADHD is a developmental brain disorder that makes it difficult for a person to pay attention and control impulsive behaviors. He or she may also be restless and almost constantly active. ADHD starts in childhood, but often is missed until adolescence or adulthood.
  • ODD is a type of behavior disorder that is diagnosed in childhood and often is diagnosed with children who primarily have ADHD as well. Children with ODD are uncooperative, irritable, defiant, argumentative, vindictive and hostile toward peers, parents, teachers, and other authority figures. These behaviors seriously interferes with the youths day to day functioning, but is more troubling to others than to the youth.
  • Conduct Disorder is a serious behavioral and emotional disorder that can occur in children and teens. Children and adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules, respecting the rights of others, showing empathy, and behaving in a socially acceptable way. They are often viewed by other children, adults and social agencies as “bad” or delinquent, rather than mentally ill.
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation disorder (DMDD) is a fairly new condition (2013) in which a child is chronically irritable and experiences frequent, severe temper outbursts that seem out of proportion to the situation at hand. Children diagnosed with DMDD struggle to regulate their emotions in an age-appropriate way. DMDD symptoms go beyond a being a “moody” child—children with DMDD experience severe impairment that requires clinical attention.
  • Personality Disorders  Personality disorders are longstanding patterns of behavior and internal experience that deviates dramatically from an individual’s culture.  This pattern is pervasive across a wide range of personal and social experiences and impacts impulse control, an individual’s perception of self and others, functioning, mood.  These disorders frequently start in adolescence and cause disruption for individuals with their interpersonal relationships and other important areas of functioning.
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)   Essential features of Autism Spectrum Disorder are impaired social communication and interaction, as well as restricted or repetitive behaviors and interests.  These features limit or impair an individual’s functioning and how they engage with others.  Autism spectrum disorder is typically diagnosed in early childhood, though this is not always the case.  Each individual is different, and therefore, when functional impairments become obvious can vary.
  • Depressive Disorders  Depressive disorders encompass a number of different disorders, including: Major Depressive Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder (previously known as dysthymia), Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD).  Each of these disorders involve the presence of a depressed mood, which can also present as irritable in some individuals.   Diagnoses are separated by associated symptoms, timing, the presumed etiology of the symptoms, and duration.
  • Mood Disorders  Mood disorders include all of the depressive disorders as well as the Bipolar and related disorders.  Disorders which involve the mood continuum between depression and mania fall into this category.  These include the aforementioned depressive disorders as well as:  Bipolar I Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder, Cyclothymic Disorder, and Substance / Medication – Induced Bipolar and Related Disorder.  Mood disturbances are a notable shift from an individual’s typical presentation, and cause clinically significant distress to the individual or impact their functional ability.
  • Anxiety Disorders  Anxiety disorders include those disorders that have features of persistent and excessive fear and / or anxiety beyond what would be considered to be developmentally normative.  These fears and anxieties are different from short term stress-triggered anxieties.  The difference between fear and anxiety is that fear tends to be the fight or flight response associated with immediate danger, while anxiety is more associated with preparation for future risk, creating more muscle tension, cautious behavior and worry.  These disorders include:  Seperation Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Substanced / Medication – Induced Anxiety Disorder and Anxiety Due to Another Medical Condition.
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