YOUR CONCIERGE INTEGRATIVE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER
Integrative & Functional Mental Health
At RVAM Mental Health, we specialize in using an Integrative and Functional approach to help our adult patients with a variety of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, insomnia and ADHD. Our practitioner has extensive experience in helping patients obtain practical tools to manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life.
Our comprehensive examination includes detailed health histories, meticulous review of records, thorough analysis of previous diagnostic tests, screening assessments, and a review of current medications. It forms the basis for personalized care and encompasses the following:
- Psychiatric Evaluation: This assessment aims to identify subtle indications of depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline, facilitating early intervention and efficient symptom management.
- Laboratory Testing: We conduct a variety of laboratory tests to assess whether symptoms could be stemming from organic abnormalities.
- Pharmacogenomic Testing: Offers insights into an individual's specific medication metabolism mechanisms, enabling personalized medication selection to improve efficacy and reduce side effects.
- Medical Cannabis Cards: Medical marijuana, also known as medical cannabis, utilizes components from the cannabis plant to alleviate symptoms or treat specific conditions. It is available in similar forms to recreational marijuana, though there are also highly refined and synthesized versions tailored for particular medical needs. In Virginia it has been approved to treat a diverse range of conditions, including: Anxiety and Depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), severe and chronic pain, Multiple Sclerosis and muscle spasms, severe nausea and vomiting due to cancer treatment, epilepsy and seizures, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), HIV/AIDS, Crohn's disease and IBS, Glaucoma, Migraine, Anorexia, and Wasting syndrome (extreme weight loss and weakness).
Why don't we take insurance?
As mental health practices have evolved, we found that accepting insurance didn’t allow us to provide the most effective care for our patients.
Your Right to Privacy
When insurance companies do cover treatment, the insurance company will have employees (who may not be clinicians) audit your treatment plan and read what we talked about in the treatment notes. I believe that you have a right to confidentiality of your medical records.
Providing the Best Treatment Plan for You
Insurance companies may debate what mental health treatments they will cover, or even outright decline to cover some mental health services. Part way through your mental health care journey, the insurance company may decline authorization of additional appointments. The insurance company may make their decisions based on feedback from their auditors (who may not be clinicians) that may not be in the best interest of you, the patient. It is our belief, at RVAM Mental Health, that the care provided is based on the needs of each individual patient, free of the influence of any insurance company’s auditors.