Our Primary Care Psychiatry allows children who are experiencing emotional or behavioral health concerns to receive basic psychiatric care within their medical home.  You must be referred to one of our primary care providers to participate in the program.

People often mistake the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist or a therapist. Psychiatrists are medical practitioners specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, particularly with regards to medication management. Psychologists or therapists receive different post-graduate degrees and are responsible for doing psychotherapy to manage emotional or behavioral problems. Dr. Lauren Zohler, DO, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, who can evaluate your child and initiate a psychiatric treatment plan.  Dr. Zohler does not offer therapy services. The goal of our program is for Dr. Zohler to diagnose and develop a psychiatric treatment plan for your child.  Then, once stabilized, transfer them back to their primacy care doctor for chronic management. If your child requires more long-term psychiatric care or is prescribed medications that would necessitate more long-term follow-up (see a list of medications below), then your child may be referred to an outside psychiatrist for continued management.