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Bell Health Services

Psychiatric Evaluation and Diagnosis

At Bell Health, we offer in-depth psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis. Our assessment process is unique, as we take an affirming, strengths-based approach, ensuring our patients feel valued, understood, and in control of their care. To maximize treatment success, accurate assessment is essential, taking into account the multifactorial contributors to mental health, including the patient’s context and unique life circumstances. Our patients often remark on our genuine desire to partner with them, get to know them, and tailor our care to their needs and preferences.

Medication Management

Bell Health offers psychiatric medication management and considers medication a valuable tool for optimizing mental health in many cases. We work collaboratively with each patient to determine the treatment approach that most effectively meets their goals, preferences, and needs for mental health and well-being. Medication management services can include prescribing and deprescribing medication, depending on the patient’s goals for their care.

Psychotherapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy that uses brief focus on traumatic memories paired with bilateral stimulation to reduce their emotional intensity and has been shown to effectively treat trauma, PTSD, and other mental health conditions. For more information, visit the EMDR International Association - EMDR Therapy.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a structured psychotherapy that combines acceptance and change strategies to help individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and reduce ineffective behaviors through mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness training. For more information, visit the Cleveland Clinic - DBT Therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy that helps individuals identify, challenge, and change unhelpful thought patterns to improve emotional regulation and behavior, effectively treating conditions like depression, anxiety, and stress-related difficulties. For more information, visit Psychology Today - CBT.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a psychotherapy approach that helps clients accept their emotions, stop avoiding inner experiences, and commit to meaningful behavioral changes, supporting treatment for a wide range of mental and physical conditions. For more information, visit Psychology Today - ACT.

Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) is a treatment approach that helps people gain control over their thinking by addressing unhelpful patterns like worry and rumination, and modifying underlying metacognitive beliefs that maintain psychological disorders. For more information, visit the MCT Institute.

Supportive psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that provides emotional support, validation, and practical guidance in a safe, nonjudgmental environment to help clients manage current challenges, improve coping, and enhance overall mental health. For more information, visit Healthline.

Humanistic therapy is a person-centered approach that emphasizes an individual’s positive traits, growth potential, and self-understanding, using empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness to help clients achieve personal fulfillment and address mental health or life challenges. For more information, visit Psychology Today - Humanistic Therapy.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a patient-centered, empathetic counseling method that helps people overcome ambivalence and build internal motivation to change behaviors, especially when facing health challenges or resistance to change. For more information, visit Psychology Today - MI.

Psychological coaching is a goal-oriented, strengths-based process that helps individuals enhance performance, overcome obstacles, build skills, and improve overall well-being, focusing on the present and future rather than addressing past or pathological issues. For more information, visit Psychology Today - Coaching.

Positive psychology is a forward-looking approach that emphasizes strengths, positive traits, and experiences—such as optimism, gratitude, and meaning—to enhance daily life. For more information, visit Psychology Today: Positive Psychology.

Strength-based therapy is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes a person’s inherent strengths and resources, fostering a positive mindset that enhances resilience and encourages a more optimistic perspective. For more information, visit Psychology Today: Strength-Based Therapy.

Skills Coaching

Skills training services integrate strategies from several evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Skills training differs from psychotherapy in that it is more educational in its emphasis on the provision of concrete skills and strategies. These skills can be applied to enhance well-being, manage stress, strengthen relationships, and improve overall health. Skills training can be provided alongside medication management, psychotherapy, or as a standalone service.

Pharmacogenomic testing, also known as genetic testing

Genetic testing reveals how a patient’s unique genetic makeup influences how they are likely to respond to specific medications. This non-invasive test can inform our selection of the right medication and dose for you, increasing the likelihood that your medication regimen will be effective and minimizing the likelihood of side effects.

Telehealth

Our secure telehealth platform allows us to meet with patients where they are, in many cases improving the accessibility of our services. We offer a wide range of services, including medication management, psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis, psychotherapy, and skills coaching via telehealth.

ADHD Testing

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Conditions Treated

Anxiety:

Anxiety is a mental and physical state of negative anticipation that prepares the body and mind to respond to potential danger. While occasional anxiety is natural and can be helpful by increasing alertness and motivation, excessive or persistent anxiety can interfere with daily functioning and become a disorder. Anxiety often co-occurs with depression and can be influenced by biological factors and early life experiences. Although it cannot and should not be eliminated entirely, anxiety can be effectively managed through therapy, medication, and healthy lifestyle practices.

Common symptoms include restlessness or feeling on edge, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbances. People may also experience physical symptoms such as rapid heart rate, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, dizziness, and gastrointestinal distress.

Treatment: An anxiety disorder is a medical condition that needs proper treatment and cannot be overcome simply through willpower or a change in attitude. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, or lifestyle changes.

Depression:

Depression is a mental health disorder marked by ongoing sadness and a loss of interest in activities. It affects a person’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, and can cause both emotional and physical difficulties that interfere with daily life. Depression is not a sign of weakness and cannot be overcome by simply “snapping out of it.”

Common symptoms include persistent low mood or loss of interest or pleasure in activities, changes in appetite or weight, sleep disturbances, fatigue or low energy, and slowed or agitated movements. People may experience feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, difficulty concentrating or making decisions, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.

Treatment: Medications and psychotherapy are effective for most people with depression. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, or lifestyle changes.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD):

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves unwanted thoughts, or obsessions, that trigger repetitive behaviors, or compulsions, which interfere with daily life. These compulsive acts temporarily relieve stress, but the intrusive thoughts keep returning, creating a cycle. OCD is treatable.

Common symptoms include obsessions, recurrent, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts, urges, or images that cause distress and compulsions, which are repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce that distress. While OCD is commonly portrayed in the media as involving visible rituals like checking and handwashing, compulsions can also occur mentally or internally, so they may be less obvious to others. A thorough evaluation is key to determining the cause of your symptoms and the best available treatment.

The two main treatments for OCD are psychotherapy and medicine. Often, a mix of both treatments is most effective. At Bell Health, we will provide a thorough evaluation that will serve as the basis for your individualized treatment plan.

Bipolar disorder:

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition marked by swings between high and low moods. Depressive episodes bring sadness and loss of interest, while manic or hypomanic episodes involve elevated mood, high energy, or irritability, affecting sleep, behavior, and thinking. Mood swings can be occasional or frequent, with some people experiencing mixed symptoms or long stable periods in between.

The main treatments for bipolar disorder include medicine and psychotherapy. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, or lifestyle changes.

Trauma:

Psychological trauma is emotional distress caused by threatening or harmful events that overwhelm a person’s ability to cope, whether from a single incident or repeated experiences. Trauma can disrupt one’s sense of safety and lead to repeated intrusive thoughts, heightened threat sensitivity, and changes in brain function.

Common symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) include intrusions, such as distressing memories, nightmares, or flashbacks of the trauma, and avoidance, trying to stay away from reminders of the event, including certain places, people, or thoughts. PTSD can also cause negative changes in mood and cognition, like persistent negative beliefs, distorted self-blame, loss of interest in activities, feelings of detachment, or inability to feel positive emotions. Additionally, it can lead to altered arousal and reactivity, including irritability, reckless behavior, hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response, difficulty concentrating, or sleep problems.

The main treatments for PTSD include medicine and psychotherapy. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, or lifestyle changes.

Panic disorder:

A panic attack is a sudden surge of intense fear causing severe physical symptoms, even without real danger. People may feel they are losing control, having a heart attack, or dying. Occasional panic attacks are common, but frequent, unexpected attacks with ongoing fear may indicate panic disorder. Panic attacks can greatly impact daily life, and effective treatment is available.

Panic disorder is marked by recurrent, unexpected panic attacks, including symptoms such as heart palpitations, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, chills or hot flashes, numbness or tingling, feelings of unreality, fear of losing control, or fear of dying.

The main treatments for panic disorder include medicine and psychotherapy. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, or lifestyle changes.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental health condition characterized by ongoing challenges with attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. In children and adults, it can contribute to difficulties in relationships, work or school performance, self-esteem, and other areas of daily life.

ADHD symptoms fall into two main categories: inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity. Inattention may include difficulty sustaining focus, being easily distracted, making careless mistakes, trouble organizing tasks, and forgetfulness in daily activities. Hyperactivity-impulsivity can involve fidgeting, restlessness, excessive talking, difficulty waiting one’s turn, and acting without thinking.

The main treatments for ADHD include medicine, psychotherapy, skills training, and accommodations. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, lifestyle changes, and advocacy with your school or workplace to obtain accommodations.

Psychotic disorders:

Psychotic disorders are mental health conditions marked by symptoms like hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, and abnormal behaviors. Individuals may perceive or believe things that others do not, hold persistent and unusual beliefs, experience intense or blunted emotions, withdraw from loved ones, neglect personal care, and have difficulty thinking clearly or concentrating.

Treatment for psychotic disorders typically combines psychotherapy, medication, and accommodations. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, lifestyle changes, and advocacy with your school or workplace to obtain accommodations.

Stress management, life transitions, grief, and emotionial dysregulation:

Bell Health offers support to individuals experiencing stress, life transitions, grief, and emotional dysregulation. An initial evaluation can help determine the best support for you, including but not limited to medication, psychotherapy, skills training, and lifestyle changes.

Insomnia:

Insomnia is a sleep disorder that causes difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early, often resulting in fatigue and impacting mood, health, and daily life. While most adults require 7 to 9 hours of sleep, many experience brief bouts of sleeplessness due to stress or upsetting events. Chronic insomnia, lasting three months or longer, may be tied to other health issues or medications.

Improving sleep often involves adjusting daily habits and addressing underlying factors like stress, medical conditions, or medications. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and medication may also help. At Bell Health, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, which may include medication, psychotherapy, and habit changes.

Student mental health:

College is a vulnerable time filled with life transitions and new challenges. 73% of college students experience some form of mental illness during their academic journey. Feelings of anxiety, sadness, stress, and loneliness are common, but can improve greatly with the proper support in place. Bell Health offers individualized treatment plans including medication, psychotherapy, skills coaching, and guidance in implementing lifestyle and routine changes to support your ability to thrive in college and beyond.

Medication deprescribing:

Deprescribing is the careful reduction or discontinuation of psychiatric medications that may no longer be needed or may cause harmful or bothersome side effects, guided by a healthcare professional.

Reducing unnecessary psychiatric medications can improve well-being, simplify your medication routine, lower costs, reduce the risk of side effects, and help you focus on medications that truly benefit your mental health.

At Bell Health, we partner with you to identify the barriers to your well-being and provide the most effective treatments to support your ability to thrive. Sometimes, this involves prescribing medication, deprescribing medication, or a combination of both.

Screening Tools: Take a Mental Health Test

These screening tools are provided by Mental Health America and are for informational purposes only. Results are not a diagnosis. If you are in crisis, call 988.

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