Most mental health programs start with your regular doctor or a family doctor. General practitioners can recognize the signs of a possible mental disorder or illness and will make a referral to our clinic. Just because you’ve received a mental health referral, doesn’t automatically mean you have a mental illness. First, we need to give you an evaluation at our clinic to make a diagnosis. Some signs of mental illness may be related to diseases or hormonal imbalance and may be reasonably easy to treat. Our evaluation and diagnostic testing will eliminate any possible causes that could be producing your symptoms. Once a diagnosis has been made, we will review with you a possible treatment program to help you with your disorder. From there, we will schedule regular visits to our clinic and, if needed, medication.