• Assess for and diagnose mental health disorders in ages 4-65
• Provide medication management services for pateints with mental health issues
• Help patients understand diagnosis and treatment option
• Discuss non-pharmalogical treatment options for mental illness
• Provide brief therapy for patients using motivational interviewing and cognitve behavior therapy
• Provide psychopharmacology education

Referral

• Patients need to first discuss needs with a primary care provider from MHP Family & Internal Medicine, MHP OB/GYN, or MHP Pediatrics.

• Provide brief therapy treatment to patients 15 years of age and older
• Treatment for anxiety/panic, depression, anger, and trauma
• Assist patients in coping with illness and grieving loss
• Provide psychoeducation on mental health diagnosis
• Address and change unhelpful thought distortions
• Development of healthy coping strategies
• Improvement of self-esteem
• Development of healthy lifestyle
• Support for LGBTQI+ populations
• Assist with social determinates of health

Referral

• Patients can be referred by a primary care provider, psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioners, or a chronic case management nurse. Patients reporting and/or exhibiting distress are referred to the social worker for social services and support.