OCD Treatment in Royal Palm Beach, Florida

How ocd is evaluated and treated

Assessment and management of intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that take time or cause distress.

Care for Royal Palm Beach patients begins with a full psychiatric evaluation: current symptoms and how long they have lasted, psychiatric and medical history, medications and supplements, sleep, substance use, family history, and the daily stressors specific to work, school, and family life. From there we discuss a diagnosis in plain language and build a treatment plan together.

When medication is appropriate, options, expected benefits, side effects, and monitoring are reviewed at each visit. When helpful, care is coordinated with therapy, primary care, or other specialists, and laboratory or psychological testing may be recommended.

Getting to care from Royal Palm Beach

Royal Palm Beach is about 70 miles northwest of the office along Southern Boulevard and the Turnpike, an hour and a half or more each way, with no direct transit connection.

Care is delivered by telehealth in English or Spanish, with labs and any in-person testing ordered locally in the Royal Palm Beach and Wellington area. For obsessive-compulsive disorder specifically, that means Royal Palm Beach patients are not asked to absorb a 69-mile trip in order to keep obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment consistent. Appointments are available in English and Spanish, and records can be shared with your primary care physician or therapist in Royal Palm Beach on request.