Addictionmds, PC

Rehabilitation, Substance Use Disorder Clinic

Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Addiction Family Medicine

Addictionmds, PC is an Addiction Family Medicine practice in Van Nuys, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, diagnosing, and treating patients with addiction. Addiction Medicine Family Doctors at Addictionmds, PC perform substance abuse recovery for all members of the family. Addiction Family Medicine is provided to help a patient's family manage the effects of his or her addiction. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Addiction Family Medicine practices include alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction Family Medicine practices include patient evaluations, addiction diagnosis, personalized treatment plans, follow-up care, and referrals to other specialists.

A family medicine physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictions.

Clinical Social Work

A social worker who holds a master's or doctoral degree in social work from an accredited school of social work in addition to at least two years of post-master's supervised experience in a clinical setting. The social worker must be licensed, certified, or registered at the clinical level in the jurisdiction of practice. A clinical social worker provides direct services, including interventions focused on interpersonal interactions, intrapsychic dynamics, and life management issues. Clinical social work services are based on bio-psychosocial perspectives. Services consist of assessment, diagnosis, treatment (including psychotherapy and counseling), client-centered advocacy, consultation, evaluation, and prevention of mental illness, emotional, or behavioral disturbances.

Addiction Psychiatry

Addictionmds, PC is an Addiction Psychiatry practice in Van Nuys, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating physical causes of mental health disorders that co-occur with or contribute to substance addiction. Addiction Psychiatrists at Addictionmds, PC perform medical diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders that may lead to or worsen substance addiction. Addiction Psychiatry is a medical specialty focusing on diagnosing and treating mental health disorders that may play a role in or are co-occurring with substance addiction. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Addiction Psychiatry practices include anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other disorders that can cause or worsen addiction to alcohol, illegal drugs, and prescription drugs. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction Psychiatry practices include conducting patient interviews, creating treatment plans, recommending diagnostic MRI, CT, or x-ray imaging, prescribing medication, creating diagnoses of mental health disorders, and referring patients to other medical specialists as needed.

Addiction Psychiatry is a subspecialty of psychiatry that focuses on evaluation and treatment of individuals with alcohol, drug, or other substance-related disorders, and of individuals with dual diagnosis of substance-related and other psychiatric disorders.

Addiction Preventive Medicine

A physician engaged in the subspecialty practice of Addiction Medicine who specializes in the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction.