The journal
A little more understanding.
Writing about questions that come up around psychiatric care. Read at your own pace; you do not need to become an expert before asking for help.
Burnout or depression? What an assessment can clarify.
Exhaustion has more than one explanation. Here is how to prepare for a conversation about work stress, mood, and what needs to change.
PTSD without combat: understanding trauma in adults.
PTSD is not limited to military service. Understand why assessment considers the event, symptoms, duration, and impact without asking you to tell everything at once.
What does psychiatric care cost without insurance?
Understand the actual fees at this Washington practice, the difference between a visit price and total cost, and how out-of-network reimbursement works.
When an antidepressant hasn’t helped enough.
A useful medication review asks what was tried, for how long, what changed, and what got in the way. Here is how to prepare for that conversation.
Telehealth psychiatry in Washington: your first visit
A practical guide to this Washington telehealth practice: consultation, evaluation, preparation, costs, privacy, and what happens if the connection fails.
After military service: feeling on guard, finding your footing
Feeling on guard after service can overlap with sleep problems, trauma symptoms, and a difficult transition. Understand what a psychiatric assessment can clarify.
Veteran mental health is more than one diagnosis.
Military experience matters, but it does not determine a diagnosis. A personal assessment leaves room for mood, sleep, grief, transitions, and life outside service.
Anxiety and the sleepless night.
When worry and sleep problems overlap, a careful assessment asks more than what will make you drowsy. Learn what to bring to a sleep conversation.
Men, relationships, and asking for help.
Relationship distress deserves a personal assessment, not a theory about how all men think. Start with what is happening and what you want to change.