Psychiatric Evaluation
A comprehensive psychiatric assessment designed to clarify symptoms, understand relevant history, and determine what may be contributing to current concerns.
A psychiatric evaluation brings together your current concerns, psychiatric and medical history, prior treatment, medications, daily functioning, and physical factors to build a clear picture of what’s happening and what’s contributing to it.
At Philadelphia Integrative Psychiatry, the evaluation is used to inform clinical recommendations rather than assume a particular treatment in advance. Depending on the findings, recommendations may include medication management, therapy, psychological testing, executive function coaching, interventional treatments, or a combination of approaches. If you continue care with us, your evaluation goes directly to the providers involved, so you don’t start over with each one.
Meet Our Psychiatric Providers
Find a provider who works with your age group and clinical needs.
What a Psychiatric Evaluation Looks At
A psychiatric evaluation brings together multiple parts of the clinical picture so recommendations can be based on context rather than symptoms alone.
What you’re experiencing now, including when symptoms began, how they have changed, and how they affect your daily life.
Psychiatric History
Prior diagnoses, treatment, hospitalizations, therapy, medications, and patterns that may help explain the current presentation.
Medical & Physical Factors
Medical history, sleep, medications, substances, metabolic and other physical factors that may affect psychiatric symptoms or treatment decisions.
Daily Functioning
How concerns are affecting school, work, relationships, routines, concentration, motivation, and other areas of everyday life.
Family & Developmental History
Relevant family psychiatric history and developmental information that may add context to current concerns.
Prior Treatment Response
What has been tried before, what helped, what did not, and whether side effects or other factors affected treatment. This history narrows what to consider next.
Who a Psychiatric Evaluation May Help
A psychiatric evaluation may be useful when symptoms are new, changing, difficult to understand, or have not responded as expected to prior care.
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New or Unclear Symptoms
When emotional, behavioral, cognitive, or psychiatric symptoms have developed and the underlying concern is not yet clear.
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Anxiety & Mood Changes
When anxiety, depression, irritability, mood shifts, or related symptoms are affecting daily functioning.
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Attention & Executive Function Concerns
When difficulties with focus, organization, impulsivity, motivation, or follow-through may have a psychiatric component.
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Changes in Behavior or Functioning
When there has been a meaningful change in school, work, relationships, sleep, routines, or everyday functioning.
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Prior Treatment Has Not Helped Enough
When therapy, medication, or other treatment has provided limited benefit and the clinical picture may need to be reconsidered.
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A Second Clinical Perspective
When a patient or family wants a more comprehensive review of symptoms, history, prior diagnoses, or treatment recommendations.
Not sure whether a psychiatric evaluation is the right place to start?
We’ll help you determine the right starting point.
Answer a few questions about what’s prompting you to reach out. Our team reviews your answers and recommends a starting point and a provider who works with your age group and concerns.
Insights from our psychiatric team:
Explore common questions about what psychiatric evaluations assess, what to expect from the process, and how findings may help guide next steps in care.
