An iceberg is a great analogy used for imagining psychiatric treatment with Dr. Campbell. The tip of the iceberg is best analogous to the diagnostic categories. While the visible piece of the iceberg does not tell the whole story, it is an essential part of the treatment process. It is vital to take sufficient time to ensure a broad look at what is visible. This requires ample time spent directly speaking with you, analyzing the development and progression of your experience over time, and the collaboration with the important people in your life that may provide further details of the iceberg. Dr. Campbell prioritizes the time necessary to ensure the accurate diagnosis and description of the problems to make sure you receive the most personalized and effective evidence-based treatment strategies.
Dr. Campbell will then help guide you in a full risk benefit analysis of the medications, therapies, or alternative treatments that can help you. This phase of treatment will typically attend to the most pressing needs and decrease your current suffering.
It is in the second phase of treatment that we attend to the large mass below the surface of the iceberg. It is below the surface that treatment targets a deeper and more durable healing. Essential to this part of treatment will include developing new behaviors and neural pathways. His expertise in the implementation of behavior change science helps you break old patterns and establish new ones. As change solidifies and healing occurs, Dr. Campbell will help you reassess any interventions utilized along the way. He will help you reevaluate which interventions will be continued and those that are no longer needed. He will help you build an ongoing recovery plan that helps keep you are the right path.
Common psychiatric conditions that Dr. Campbell treats:
- Anxiety Disorders
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Sleep Disturbances
- Adjustments to life stressors and transitions
- Grief and Mourning
Common Treatment Modalities:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Selective Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (Escitalopram, Sertraline, Vortioxetine, Venlafaxine, etc…)
- Atypical antidepressants (Bupropion, Mirtazapine)
- Anxiolytics (Benzodiazepines, Buspirone)
- Mood Stabilizers (Lithium, Lamotrigine, Valproic Acid)
- Atomoxetine, Prazosin, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
- Referral for TMS or Ketamine if applicable
