Dallas Psychiatrist

More and more medical professionals have moved online, especially after the COVID 19 pandemic. Fortunately for many clients, virtual psychiatry makes it far easier to get the help the mental health assistance that they need, which is why we have continued to offer virtual appointments at Aware Behavioral Health. Virtual psychiatric appointments mean that you are able to attend sessions from the comfort of your home, providing you with easier scheduling and potentially greater privacy while also removing the need to wait in traffic or waiting rooms for your appointments. Whether this will be your first psychiatry appointment or you…

We’re in the early stages of 2023. Many of you are likely trying to figure out what this year is going to bring and how you can experience a year that is more personally fulfilling. Texas, especially the DFW area, are also going through a lot of changes culturally, economically, technologically, and socially, and you’re tasked with trying to navigate it all while managing your family, friends, work, and obligations. It’s challenging. But the truth is that you do deserve to have a wonderful year, no matter who you are or what you’ve experienced in the past. Most of the…

As a result of changes in the medical industry during COVID and advances in communications technology, virtual healthcare is likely here to stay. For clients seeking psychiatry and mental health care services, telepsychiatry offers many benefits that can be extremely valuable in helping you get the customized care that you need. Why Consider Telepsychiatry in Dallas Psychiatry can provide solutions to a range of different problems. It can help with depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, and a range of other disorders that can be difficult, if not impossible, to cope with on your own. While in-person psychiatry has long provided solutions…

Mental health conditions are complex health issues. They often present in changes of emotions, moods, and thoughts. But they can also cause real, physical changes within the brain as well. Treatment for mental health needs to address both of these issues to be effective. The leading ways to treat mental health disorders are through medication assisted therapy, or psychiatry, and talk therapy, or psychotherapy. While each can offer benefits for different mental health conditions, there are differences in these two approaches. If you are just starting the process of finding the partner who will help you reach your mental wellness…

Schizophrenia is a complex mental health condition. Understanding the experience of someone living with schizophrenia – or identifying the symptoms in yourself or a family member in order to seek treatment – is not always straightforward.  Visual and auditory hallucinations are usually one of the most recognized and apparent symptoms of schizophrenia, but those with the disease can experience a wide range of symptoms. These consist of positive and negative symptoms. Types of Positive and Negative Symptoms  When referring to schizophrenia, positive and negative describe whether behaviors and thoughts are present or not. Positive symptoms are abnormal signs that someone…

The teenage years are a challenging time for nearly everyone. For young people who realize during this time that their gender identity – or their psychological perception of their gender – does not match the gender they were assigned when they were born, they may go through the additional struggle of gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria occurs when a person of any age feels like their gender is something other than their assigned gender and has a strong desire to be that other gender, and this causes them emotional distress. As transgender and cisgender teens figure out their identity during this…