All health is mental health.

The brain does not exist in isolation from the rest of the body — optimizing brain health, and by extension mental health, means focusing on health holistically.

We take a comprehensive and evidence-based approach – looking to a broad range of biological variables. In collaboration with you, the psychiatrist and therapist you are working with will put together a comprehensive wellness plan, focusing not just on finding the optimal type and dose of medication, if needed, or the right type of therapy — They will help you develop strategies for improving nutrition, sleep, and other biological determinants of mood, focus, energy level, and so on.

Relevant Research:

1. Guidi J, Fava GA. Sequential Combination of Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy in Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(3):261–269. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3650

2. D'Sa C, Duman RS. Antidepressants and neuroplasticity. Bipolar Disord. 2002 Jun;4(3):183-94. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2002.01203.x. PMID: 12180273.

3. Otto, M. et al. “Combined Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Review and Analysis.” Clinical Psychology-science and Practice 12 (2006): 72-86.

4. Stein, M. B., Roy-Byrne, P. P., Craske, M. G., Campbell-Sills, L., Lang, A. J., Golinelli, D., Rose, R. D., Bystritsky, A., Sullivan, G., & Sherbourne, C. D. (2011). Quality of and patient satisfaction with primary health care for anxiety disorders. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 72(7), 970–976.

5. Pollack MH, Otto MW, Roy-Byrne PP, Coplan JD, Rothbaum BO, Simon NM, Gorman JM. Novel treatment approaches for refractory anxiety disorders. Depress Anxiety. 2008;25(6):467-76. doi: 10.1002/da.20329. PMID: 17437259.