Careful evaluation
We review your symptoms, history, and past treatment before suggesting a plan.
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Behavioral & emotional difficulties
Medically reviewed by Yenny Porrata DNP, FNP, PMHNP, BC - Adult Psychiatry
Help with anger, emotional swings, impulsivity, and behaviors that strain work, school, or relationships.
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What to expect
A clear plan
Options, benefits, and possible side effects are explained in plain language.
Ongoing follow-up
The plan is reviewed at each visit and adjusted to your response, routine, and goals.
Understanding this condition
Behavioral and emotional difficulties include anger outbursts, rapid emotional shifts, impulsivity, and reactions that feel disproportionate afterward. These patterns often strain relationships, employment, and family life even when no single diagnosis is obvious.
Evaluation looks underneath the behavior: mood disorders, ADHD, trauma, substance use, sleep deprivation, and medical conditions can all drive emotional dysregulation.
How this condition is evaluated and treated
Look for the underlying cause
Dysregulation is a symptom. The evaluation checks for bipolar spectrum illness, ADHD, PTSD, substance effects, and sleep loss.
Skills plus treatment
Emotion-regulation focused therapy is often central, with medication used to treat identified underlying conditions.
Concrete goals
Progress is tracked in real terms: fewer conflicts, better recovery time after an episode, and steadier daily function.
Common signs and symptoms
- Anger or frustration that escalates quickly and is hard to slow
- Emotional reactions that feel out of proportion in hindsight
- Impulsive decisions, spending, or conflict
- Repeated difficulty at work or in relationships from reactions
- Feeling emotionally raw, unstable, or easily overwhelmed
- Regret, shame, or guilt after episodes
When to schedule an evaluation
An evaluation is appropriate when reactions are damaging relationships or work, when regret follows episodes regularly, or when others have expressed serious concern.
Call 786-542-5766Frequently asked questions
Is anger a psychiatric condition?
Anger itself is not a diagnosis, but persistent dysregulated anger is often a treatable symptom of another condition.
Can medication help impulsivity?
It can, when impulsivity stems from a condition such as ADHD or a mood disorder. Treatment targets the cause.
Should family attend?
Family perspective can be helpful and is welcome with your consent.
Areas served
Behavioral & emotional difficulties — care across South Florida.
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786-542-57661840 W 49th St. Suite 717, Hialeah, FL 33012
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