Ages Twelve and Up
Adolescents, From Twelve On.
Adolescent psychiatry is its own clinical practice, with its own intake, its own consent and confidentiality architecture, and its own pharmacology. The practice sees patients ages twelve through geriatric, with TMS available for adolescents ages fifteen and up.
- The Intake
- Ninety minutes for a new adolescent patient, with the family in the room for the first portion and the patient seen alone for the second.
- Consent & Confidentiality
- Age-appropriate consent for treatment, with a written confidentiality framework that names what the parent is and is not told.
- Medication
- A conservative starting position with regular follow-up, including a written copy of expected side effects and the response timeline for each medication class.
- TMS for Adolescents
- FDA-approved at age fifteen and above for major depressive disorder, delivered at the Medical District location across weekday sessions over several weeks.
If Your Teenager Is...
Tap any line that sounds like the last few months. The list below was assembled from intake notes the practice has actually taken. There are no wrong answers, and nothing leaves your browser.
- Sleeping much more or much less than they used to, often outside the room you can see.
- Withdrawing from a sport, an instrument, or a friend group that used to be a steady source of joy.
- Crying or angry outbursts at intensities you have not seen before, and that fade as quickly as they arrive.
- Struggling at school despite the same effort, or unable to start an assignment that used to take an hour.
- Eating noticeably more or less, with body comments that are new or that you cannot trace.
- Speaking about themselves in language that surprises you, or about a future they no longer sound interested in.
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