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DH Mental Health Continuum
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, BC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Valley Stream, NY 11581  (Online Only)
Book with me now by clicking on my website. My name is Desiree Hopkinson and I started DH Mental Health Continuum because I am passionate about giving quality access to care and the time you deserve. I am an ANCC Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner treating children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of behavioral and emotional difficulties. Ten years of experience in healthcare, including psychiatric mental health nursing working with clients across the lifespan with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline disorder, ADHD as well as anxiety, and depressive disorders.
Book with me now by clicking on my website. My name is Desiree Hopkinson and I started DH Mental Health Continuum because I am passionate about giving quality access to care and the time you deserve. I am an ANCC Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner treating children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of behavioral and emotional difficulties. Ten years of experience in healthcare, including psychiatric mental health nursing working with clients across the lifespan with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline disorder, ADHD as well as anxiety, and depressive disorders.
(516) 212-8738 View (516) 212-8738
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Anton Marcus Dragonetti
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Valley Stream, NY 11581  (Online Only)
I believe in using evidence-based practice and treatment modalities.I strive to look at each individual holistically and focus on holistic treatment which includes: medication management, nutrition, exercise and sleep hygiene practices. I listen to the individual’s needs and consider myself part of a team when working with clients. I believe in using supportive, solution focused, CBT and DBT therapy along with medication management to treat mental health conditions. Services available in NY,AZ,FL. Have availability within 1-3 business days. Now taking NY Medicaid.
I believe in using evidence-based practice and treatment modalities.I strive to look at each individual holistically and focus on holistic treatment which includes: medication management, nutrition, exercise and sleep hygiene practices. I listen to the individual’s needs and consider myself part of a team when working with clients. I believe in using supportive, solution focused, CBT and DBT therapy along with medication management to treat mental health conditions. Services available in NY,AZ,FL. Have availability within 1-3 business days. Now taking NY Medicaid.
(347) 983-6645 View (347) 983-6645
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Usman Syed Riaz
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Valley Stream, NY 11581  (Online Only)
Board Certified Psychiatrist with Addiction Psychiatry and Sleep medicine as sub specialities. If you are suffering from mental health, substance use or sleep disorders, don’t keep it to yourself, ask for help and I will make sure to provide you the best care.
Board Certified Psychiatrist with Addiction Psychiatry and Sleep medicine as sub specialities. If you are suffering from mental health, substance use or sleep disorders, don’t keep it to yourself, ask for help and I will make sure to provide you the best care.
(929) 334-3758 View (929) 334-3758

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Aafaque Akhter
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Verified Verified
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I am a Harvard-trained board-certified Psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience assisting patients with personal, psychological, and family issues. I seek to address and ameliorate the active symptoms of emotional and psychiatric disorders such as Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression, and Anxiety disorders. I am a psychiatrist and a trained psychotherapist who seeks to utilize the therapeutic relationship as a primary source of actualization. Medication may be utilized in treating possible psychiatric and substance use disorders. I work with clients to stabilize food, sleep, and other habits affecting psychological health.
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Shahnaz Malekan
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Great Neck, NY 11021
I was trained to utilize medication management to treat mood disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD.
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Dr. Godfrey Aneke
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, MBA, MSc, PMHNP-B, FNP-BC
Verified Verified
19 Endorsed
Hempstead, NY 11550
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Ahron Friedberg, MD
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Bipolar Disorder Psychiatrists

What is the most successful approach to treating bipolar disorder?

Living with bipolar disorder can be challenging, and a number of therapies have been found effective in providing support to patients as they gain the skills to understand and manage the disorder. Family-focused therapy is often helpful for children and teens (the majority of cases develop before age 19); it aims to minimize mood cycling by improving family communication and reducing conflict. It also helps young people navigate the developmental challenges the disorder can create. Cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) and variants such as Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)help patients manage the thoughts and feelings that influence bipolar mood swings as well as develop specific behavioral strategies to counteract them.

What happens in therapy for bipolar disorder?

Because the patterns of mood switching and its triggers differ for each person and can change over time, mood tracking or monitoring becomes a basic way patients learn about the nature of their condition. One of the most common features of therapy is finding a workable method of mood monitoring, in which patients track their daily activities and rate their moods, then use the findings to adjust routines accordingly. Patients learn ways of handling the many stresses that arise in life so that they do not trigger mood swings.

What kinds of problems does therapy help with?

Like many other mental health disorders, BPD is heavily influenced by stress; therapy provides skills for coping with stressors of all kinds. Therapy is extremely important for helping individuals identify the situations that may trigger mood switching, so that mood swings can be prevented. Therapy may especially target recognition of the early stages of mood change so that they can be managed. In addition, therapy helps patients deal with the significant amount of turbulence the disorder can create in relationships and in work life.

What is the goal of therapy for bipolar disorder?

Therapy helps patients set up their lives to maintain stability so that their mood isn’t constantly threatened by daily events. Perhaps the first task of therapy is to educate people about the nature of the disorder. At the same time, a primary goal of therapy is to enhance adherence to drug treatment. Extended periods of mood stability can prompt patients to discontinue medication, triggering relapse, while the early phases of manic episodes can feel so energizing that patients stop medication, ushering in full-blown mania and the altered self-perception that can lead to destructive behaviors. Another major goal of therapy is to understand one’s mood patterns so as to minimize both the frequency and intensity of mood cycling.