Patient Education
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Initial New Patient Evaluation: $375 1.5 hours Diagnostic Revaluation (former patient returning to the practice): $250 1 hour Comprehensive forensic evaluations (for legal cases, Workman's compensation claims and disability lawsuits requiring complete record review and full report-not current patients) $500 for 2 hour evaluation and $250 for each additional hour as needed for report to be completed The initial diagnostic assessment is the starting point for psychiatric care. Accurate diagnosis defines treatment choices and treatment goals. It is not uncommon to have multiple disorders simultaneously contributing to distress and disability. The initial task of a diagnostic evaluation is to identify and characterize these disorders and how they contribute to the problems leading a person to seek psychiatric care. Once the nature of the problem has been identified it is possible to have a discussion of treatment options: what to treat, what not to treat, and in what order. The average time for the evaluation is 1 1/2 hours. Medication Follow-up: $135 Medication management visits have two functions: 1. Medication stabilization is the first phase of pharmacologic treatment. The goal of this phase is to work together to find the right medication or combination of medications, at the lowest effective dose, to treat identified problems warranting treatment. My role is to educate patients as to medication choices, possible side effects of those choices, and expected benefits. Every patient is potentially different in their attitudes,tolerance, and response to particular medications. My job in this phase is to understand these differences, respect each patient as an individual, and work together to achieve symptom remission. 2. The maintenance phase of treatment starts once symptom remission and medication stabilization is achieved. It is generally based on visits every three months. Prescriptions are refilled at this time, questions are answered, and level of functioning and sense of wellbeing are discussed. Medication adjustments may be necessary periodically and can be considered. The average time for a visit is 20- 30 minutes. Report writing: $250/hour Preparation of written reports or letters for disability, legal, or other purposes. Services provided at no additional charge: 1. On-call availability between appointments by telephone to briefly answer questions or solve medication related problems that cannot wait until the next scheduled appointment. 2. Medication call-in to the pharmacy if medications are lost or running too low to last until the next scheduled appointment. 3. Telephone communication with primary care providers, therapists, schools, or attorneys when necessary. 4. Preparation of a receipt that can be submitted by patients to insurance companies that offer out-of-network benefits. 5. Provide renewal prescriptions between appointments for those medications (i.e. controlled substances such as stimulant medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) that cannot be refilled without a "hard copy" (i.e. paper prescription) or called in to the pharmacy. The following compilation of books covers various topics in psychiatry and has been suggested by psychiatrists from around the country: General Reading "Clinical Psychopharmacology: Made Rediculously Simple" (MedMaster Series) by John Preston, James Johnson (Paperback 3rd edition - May 1997) MedMaster; ISBN: 094078033X Mood Disorders "A Mood Apart: The Thinkers Guide to Emotion and its Disorders" by Peter C. Whybrow (Paperback - February 1998) Harper Collins; ISBN: 006097740X "Understanding Depression" by Donald F. Klein, Paul H. Wender (Paperback - January 1994) Oxford Univ. Press (Trade); ISBN: 0195086694 "Depression and How to Survive It" by Spike Milligan (Paperback - February 1994), Random House of Canada Ltd.; ISBN: 0099858304 "Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface" by Martha Manning (March 1996) Harper San Francisco; ISBN: 006251184X "Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness" by William Styron (January 1992) Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679736395 "When Words Are Not Enough: The Woman's prescription for Depression and Anxiety" by Valerie Davis Raskin (Paperback - June 1997) Broadway Books; ISBN: 0553067133 "I Don't Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression" by Terrence Real (Paperback - March 1998) Fireside; ISBN: 0684835398 "When Someone You Love Is Depressed: How To Help Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself" by Laura Epstein Rosen, Xavier F. Amador (Paperback - September 1997) Fireside; ISBN: 0684834073 "When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter" by Judith R. Bernstein and Nora Donaghy (Editor) (Paperback - April 1998) Andrews and McMeel; ISBN: 0836252829 "An Unquiet Mind" by Kay Redfield Jamison (Paperback - January 1997) Random House; ISBN: 0679763309 "Touched With Fire: Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperment" by Kay Redfield Jamison (Paperback - October 1996) Free Press; ISBN: 068483183X "A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic-Depressive Illness" by Patty Duke, Gloria Hochman (Paperback -June 1, 1993) Bantam Books; ISBN: 0553560727 Anxiety Disorders "Overcoming Panic, Anxiety & Phobias: New Strategies to Free Yourself From Worry and Fear" by Carol Goldman (Contributor), Shirley Babior (Paperback - January 1996) Whole Person Associates; ISBN: 1570250723 "Peace From Nervous Suffering" by Claire Weekes (Paperback - September 1990) Signet; ISBN: 0451167236 "The Hidden Face Of Shyness: Understanding and Overcoming Social Anxiety" by Frank Schneier, Lawrence Welkowitz (Paperback - September 1996) Avon Books (Pop Trd); ISBN: 0380783991 "Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior: A Four-Step Self-Treatment Method to Change your Brain Chemistry" by Jeffrey Schwartz, Beverly Beyette (Paperback - March 1997) Harper Collins; ISBN: 0060987111 "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" by Judith L Rapaport (Paperback - July 1997) New American Library; ISBN: 0451172027 Borderline Personality Disorder "I Hate You - Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality" by Jerold J. Kreisman, Hal Straus (Paperback - February 1991) Avon Books; ISBN: 0380713055 The following compilation of books covers various topics in psychiatry and has been suggested by psychiatrists from around the country: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood" by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey (Paperback - March 1995) Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684801280 "Out of the Fog: Treatment Options and Coping Strategies for Adult Attention Deficit" by Kevin R. Murphy, Suzanne Levert (Paperback - May 1995) Hyperion (Adult Trd Pap); ISBN: 0786880872 "You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy? : A Self-Help Book for Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder" by Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo, Larry B. Silver (Paperback - January 1996) Fireside; ISBN: 0684815311 "Women With Attention Deficit: Embracing Disorganization at Home and in the Workplace" by Sari Solden (Paperback - October 1995) Unerwood Books: ISBN:1887424059 Nonverbal Learning Disorders "The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorders" by Sue Thompson (Paperback) LinguiSystems: (http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?id=19); Tel: 800-776-4332: Product ID# 6-0163-1A2 Asperger's Syndrome "Asperger's Syndrome" by Dr. Tony Attwood,Jessica Kingsley Pub; ISBN: 1853025771; (November 1997) |
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