Psychiatrists in Washington

Accepting new patients with appointments available in the same week. Treatment for children and adults with various conditions. Conditions treated but not limited to are: Depression, Anxiety, ADHD (children and adults), Mood Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia, Suboxone Treatment for Opioid Dependence, and Dementia.

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Hello, my name is Richard P Brooks Jr. I am a Board Certified Family Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a graduate of the University of Washington Nurse Practitioner graduate program. I offer psychiatric medication management. I am here for those who are seeking efficacy in their lives. If you are having issues with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, lack of energy, or maybe you feel overwhelmed, or possibly something else. Allow me to be an ear. Mental health is imperative to a better and fulfilled life. Allow me to be of assistance.

I'm passionate about the importance of people having easy access to mental healthcare. Before joining the healthcare field, I taught in low-income and underserved communities. Seeing the impact that a lack of mental healthcare had in these areas drove me to return to school and begin a career focused on providing that much-needed care. In my eyes, treatment can significantly increase the quality of life both mentally as well as physically.

Psychiatrists are the only doctors who don't look inside the body to assess a problem. Think about it; all other doctors use imaging and labs to look inside a person’s body when making a diagnosis. That coupled with your symptoms is how they determine what the problem is. Unfortunately, mental health providers have learned that how a person feels is their only tool in assessing somebody. Because of this, psychiatrists often have no idea what’s causing the problem. This limits the treatment options to a prescribed “band-aid" that is used to reduce symptoms, instead of addressing the underlying cause of a problem.