Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Reasons for visit:

Life story, Personality, Behavior, Disease

Biopsychosocial  approach:

Medical, Psychological, & Social matters

Giving time for:

Individual, Family, &Group visits

Providing consult to:

Other health care providers

Detoxification form:

Narcotics, Alcohol & Benzodiazepines

Tests for:

ADHD, Personality traits, & IQ

Presentations for:

Professionals, General Public

Medicine is about:

Science and Art

Most of our patients are:

Private paid, refereed by other patients, or by Blue Cross

Independent clinicians in the building:

Psychiatrist, Psychologists, Social workers

Services:

For psychosocial issues such as temperamental, family, relationship, job, and behavioral difficulties our psychologist and social worker colleagues are a more cost effective source of care. If your therapists or physicians suspect that you might have a "chemical imbalance" along other psychosocial issues, seeing a psychiatrist is warranted. Although medication management is an important part of my practice, I can not only do medication management. Listening to your description of challenges you face/d in life is my job, until you have overcome your excessive symptoms and able to live with mild ones!

Comprehensive evaluation of biological, psychological, and social factors that might contribute to one's distress. For patients without any neurological signs, a comprehensive evaluation is often more informative than many costly and exotic brain imaging tests.

Based on patient's need to include individual, family, and group therapy. The session usually range form 30 to 45 minutes and include therapeutic and administrative part of your care.

For other providers such as primary care physicians, psychologists, and social workers, who refer patients that have not responded adequately to routine interventions.

Office based short term detoxification for motivated and medically stable patients who are dependent on alcohol, Benzodiazepine, and opiate. Short term Bupernorhpine treatment is among the options for individuals addicted to opiates.

Attention Deficit Disorder Testing

Personality traits screening  based on 100 questions consistent with DSM criteria for patients who psychiatrically have returned to their baseline but still have long lasting  interpersonal difficulties.

Evaluation of achievement potential based on Wechsler Intelligent Scale WAIS III  for ages 16-89, WISC  IV for ages 6-16, and CPT II and Conner's for attention deficit.

Presentations on various mental health themes such as disease, personality, behavior, life events, creativity, treatment response, etc. for health care facilities and professionals.

Modified version of such presentations for the community.

Practice of medicine is often based on combining science and art; while the former is constant among practitioners, the later varies based on style, experience, and opinion. Most patients refer to me might have signs of affective disorder spectrum which ranges form mild symptoms of dysthymia and cyclothymia to severe symptoms of melancholia and psychotic mania. In the long run, these disorders usually respond better to antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and neuroleptics. With this in mind, and due to their dependency potential, I rather avoid prescribing stimulants, benzodiazepines, and narcotic pain medications except for detoxification. Of course some patients have benefited and continue to benefit form such medications. If you need any medications with dependency potential in the long run, you are best served to see an expert with subspecialty in in ADHD/ADD, anxiety disorders, and chronic pain respectively.

For the patients refereed by Blue Cross, PacifiCare, and MHN we will bill the insurance directly. Other patients are also welcome to be evaluated and treated; however, they will be responsible for obtaining compensation form their insurances for paid visits. Please notify our staff, if you have financial limitations for a discount from 10% to 30% based on a sliding scale. Usually insurances do not compensate for phone session and medication refill without a formal visits. Please keep you appointment or cancel them 48 hours ahead of time in order not to be billed for them.

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