Orange County Psychiatrist

Anxiety, depression, and fear are the most common and uncomfortable emotions we, as humans, experience.  In fact, we all deal with these emotions at some point in our lives (on average a major life event happens every 3 years). We utilize a program of counseling and treatment, we work with you to help you recover motivation, perspective, and joy.

Children are most affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, many adults deal with ADHD, as well.  The most common symptoms of ADHD are inattention (not being able to keep focus), hyperactivity (excess movement, which is not fitting to the setting) and impulsivity (these are reactions which may occur in the moment without thought). We will work with you to alleviate the anxiety of ADD and ADHD.

“Because Not All Wounds Are Visible”…it’s not just a phrase that is convenient to say, but it describes the experience and symptoms associated with painful and traumatic circumstances. We treat anxiety, fear, and hopelessness, which are just a few of the emotions, which can linger past traumatic events. We can help you overcome PTSD symptoms and guide you through the process of grief and healing. 

PTSD Treatment may be available with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS Orange County).

Adult mental health problems range from quick bursts of uncontrollable anger and debilitating anxiety to the coping and living with of depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. The team at Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists has extensive experience in adult psychiatry, offering comprehensive medical and therapeutic care for the full scope of mental health disorders. We are here to help!

As many as 40 million Americans face Anxiety on a continual basis.  We live in a broken world, the changes we face everyday can be daunting for anyone.  Realize you are not alone and your mental health may just be a reaction to the varied situations you face on a daily basis. Sometimes anxiety lasts a lifetime other times it may come and go due to life events. Our goal is to remove or minimize the symptoms and restore your quality of life.

Bipolar disorder or manic depression is very common.  It may be associated with mood swings ranging from deep depression to manic highs. Bipolar may be caused by genetics, the environment, or altered brain structure or chemistry.  If you are facing challenges of bursts of energy followed by no energy, changes in sleep, changes in motivation, or if you are losing touch with reality, then please give us a call.  Bipolar is more common then you may think and it can be addressed. We know managing these symptoms without the proper help can be overwhelming. Psychiatrists may prescribe medication and treatments for both the manic and depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder.

Interpreting reality abnormally may be a sign of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior, which may impair daily functioning. Often schizophrenia may become debilitating.

Often those with schizophrenia may require treatment, which lasts a lifetime.  Not treating schizophrenia early may make getting symptoms harder to control and complications may develop.

Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition, which is marked by a varied combination of schizophrenia symptoms, (such as hallucinations or delusions), and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania.

There are two types of schizoaffective disorder — you may experience symptoms of schizophrenia, as well.

• Bipolar type, which includes episodes of mania and sometimes major depression
• Depressive type, which includes only major depressive episodes

Dementia symptoms often affect memory, thinking and social abilities. The symptoms of dementia may be severe enough interfere with your daily life. Science believes dementia may not be a specific disease, rather a combination of several different mental health disorders.

Memory loss alone doesn’t mean you have dementia.

Sometimes through medication and treatment dementia symptoms may be reversible.

We all metabolize medications differently, sometimes the right dose for one person may not be the right dose for another.  In fact, slow metabolizers may not require as much of a medication as a fast metabolizer.  We may perform medication management if the right drug interaction is not giving us the anticipated result.  Sometimes you may need a different version of the same medication.

Alcohol or chemical dependency is the abuse of alcohol or chemicals despite negative consequences. Both alcohol and chemical abuse are toxic to not only your body, but your mind, as well. Often we see disastrous effects in a person’s health and personal life.  On the physical side prolonged abuse can cause organ failure and death… on the mental side we see families ripped apart, wounded relationships, and other forms of abuse.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive procedure, which uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders. TMS may be used in conjunction with medication, therapy, and sometimes when other treatments haven’t been effective.