Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: Age versus Developmentally Appropriate
Psychiatrists can learn an incredible amount about a child's history, average day, and past treatments by engaging in imaginative play...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: Structured Informative Play
Caregivers will often ask why a physician completing an assessment will often seem to stop the formal evaluation and begin what looks...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: More Privacy With Age
Child psychiatrists typically see patients between 4 and 18 years of age. Understandably, the way a child psychiatrist interacts with a...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: Blended Families
Many children live in blended families, where in addition to their biological parents, they may also be raised by step parents, extended...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: Guardianship
Many children are cared for by adults who are not their legal guardians. In fact, their primary caregiver may not even be biologically...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: "What Ages?"
Child psychiatrists typically begin seeing patients at 4 years old. In general, this reflects that: Many behavioral challenges declare...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Clinics: Telemedicine Appointments
Telemedicine appointments have been on the rise for several years, with the increased ease of setting up video conferencing with patients…
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 16, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Clinics: Mixed Modality
There are psychiatrists who offer both therapy and medication management, allowing patients to see a single mental health provider. It...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Psychiatry Clinics: Medication Management Appointments
Many people are surprised to find that medication management appointments are very similar to primary care appointments. Since medication...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 11, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Clinics: The COVID Caveat
Before I start posting more details about the various models for psychiatric clinics, I think it's important to remember that, like...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Clinics: Insurance Matters
Psychiatry is no different from other specialties in the US, in that a person's care can be affected by their insurance status.
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Clinics: It's An Evolving Model
Before talking about the different types of psychiatric clinics, I think it's important to introduce the idea that psychiatric clinics...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 5, 20211 min read
New Series: Psychiatric Clinics
Over the years I've learned that one reason people don't want to go to a psychiatric clinic is that they don't know what to expect. Most...
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