Sports Psychiatry Services
Sports Psychiatry & Medication Management
Sports have as much of a psychological component as they do a physical one. Over the past few years, we have seen the media explode over mental health disorders within the sporting world. Athletes have begun to challenge the lingering stigma of mental health and the pathways of support. High profile athletes have been opening up about their struggles and have pointed out the lack of provision for diagnosis and treatment. The stigma of perceived “weakness” has lead to underreporting due to lack of understanding between how symptoms effect high performance athletes versus those of the general population. This presents unique challenges to identifying mental illness. Because our founder understands these issues first hand, he recognizes the need to provide psychiatric medication treatment and psychotherapeutic referrals to foster mental health and well-being in a safe and welcoming environment to retired and active amateur, semi-professional, professional, Olympic, NCAA, and elite 17 and up AAU athletes. We also provide psychiatric services to coaches, trainers, and performance support staff. This includes cheerleading as well as competitive and performance dance.
We offer:
- Comprehensive evaluations / assessments for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, psychosis, substance misuse, and mood changes associated with sports related head injuries.
- Medication management with awareness of the complexities of prescribing athletes and with particular focus and consideration for medications which may impact or impede performance or are considered banned substances in a give sport.
- Referrals for psychotherapy treatment to help improve coping skills, motivation challenges, goal setting and non medication options for symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders.
- Referrals for sports psychology with focus on mental skills training.
- Referrals for addiction treatment and recovery (note: we do not treat addiction in our clinic).
- Tele-Psychiatry services.
Adult Psychiatry Services
Adult Psychiatry & Medication Management
Medications can play a role improving most mental health conditions. Some patients are treated with medication alone, while others are treated with psychotherapy or other treatment modalities. But overall, research shows that the most effective treatment for mental health conditions involves a combination of medications and psychotherapy. And some conditions require the use of multiple medications. We want to be as helpful as possible in reducing or eliminating symptoms related depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, psychosis, ADHD and OCD. We do this by offering the following adult (18 and over) care:
- Comprehensive evaluations / assessments to assess possible need for psychotropic medications.
- Follow-up medication management including changes or adjustments to medication and ongoing monitoring related to the use psychotropic medications.
- Referrals to psychotherapy providers.
- Referrals for addiction treatment and recovery (note: we do not treat addiction in our clinic).
- Tele-Psychiatry services
Leadership Mental Health & Wellness Services