Optimal Behavioral Health's mission is to provide high quality, individualized, evidence-based psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults that effectively reduces symptoms, improves functioning, and enhances quality of life. We are Board Certified psychiatric providers with a combined history of 28 years of practice experience providing psychiatric services in Southern Oregon and around the state in both public and private sectors.
We offer a broad range of psychiatric services for child, adolescent, and adult patients of all ages including assessments, consultations, second opinions, therapy, parent-training, and medication management.
Conditions we commonly assess and treat include: ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Conduct Disorder, DD-associated disruptive behaviors, OCD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Panic Disorder, Personality Disorders, psychotic conditions including Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder, PTSD, Social Anxiety, tic disorders, and treatment-refractory conditions.
We offer a broad range of psychiatric services for child, adolescent, and adult patients of all ages including assessments, consultations, second opinions, therapy, parent-training, and medication management.
Conditions we commonly assess and treat include: ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Conduct Disorder, DD-associated disruptive behaviors, OCD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Panic Disorder, Personality Disorders, psychotic conditions including Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder, PTSD, Social Anxiety, tic disorders, and treatment-refractory conditions.
Services
Genetic Testing -- On-site DNA samples taken (via cheek swab) and sent to off-site facility (Genomind or Genesight) for genetic testing.
Genetic testing can help personalize your treatment by examining the ways specific genes influence your body's response to particular medications.
This can help us avoid medications which your body may not metabolize well and thus may not work well for you, and also find a medication which might optimally reduce your symptoms.
Cytochrome P450 system (2D6, 2C19, 2C9, 3A4, 2B6, 1A2) -- responsible for the metabolism (breakdown) of the majority of prescribed medications.
Genetic testing can help personalize your treatment by examining the ways specific genes influence your body's response to particular medications.
This can help us avoid medications which your body may not metabolize well and thus may not work well for you, and also find a medication which might optimally reduce your symptoms.
Cytochrome P450 system (2D6, 2C19, 2C9, 3A4, 2B6, 1A2) -- responsible for the metabolism (breakdown) of the majority of prescribed medications.
We have a combined history of 25 years of experience providing psychiatric Services in Southern Oregon and around the state.
Our past experience and/or current service contracts include both public and private sector work ranging from Kairos (formerly SOASTC), Psychiatric Consultation in over 14 Primary Care offices in Jackson and Josephine Counties, Jackson County Mental Health, the VA (Portland and White City locations), The Center for Continuous Improvement, Klamath Youth Development Center, Sky Lakes (formerly Merle West), OHSU/CDRC, Oregon State Hospital, and private practice.
Our past experience and/or current service contracts include both public and private sector work ranging from Kairos (formerly SOASTC), Psychiatric Consultation in over 14 Primary Care offices in Jackson and Josephine Counties, Jackson County Mental Health, the VA (Portland and White City locations), The Center for Continuous Improvement, Klamath Youth Development Center, Sky Lakes (formerly Merle West), OHSU/CDRC, Oregon State Hospital, and private practice.
Healthy dietary practices are not only important for your physical health but also for your mental health.
Poor nutrition, eating junk foods, and skipping meals can contribute to increased anxiety, poor focus and concentration, and irritability.
Sleep is important for overall general physical and mental health.
The average adult needs between 7-8 hours of sleep a night.
The average adolescent needs at least 8-9 hours of sleep.
The average child needs at least 9 hours of sleep.
Poor sleep can negatively effect memory, concentration, mood, metabolism, and the ability to tolerate or manage stress.
Poor nutrition, eating junk foods, and skipping meals can contribute to increased anxiety, poor focus and concentration, and irritability.
Sleep is important for overall general physical and mental health.
The average adult needs between 7-8 hours of sleep a night.
The average adolescent needs at least 8-9 hours of sleep.
The average child needs at least 9 hours of sleep.
Poor sleep can negatively effect memory, concentration, mood, metabolism, and the ability to tolerate or manage stress.
Sturos' innovative approach to medications has restored my quality of life, that had been lost due to my PTSD.
I would recommend him to anyone suffering from mental illness.
Dr. Sturos ended 20 years of suffering for me.
After years of trying to work with psychiatric professionals, for whom we paid way too much money, and with whom we spent way too little time to experience very little success, if any, we found Melanie Kabot-Sturos.
You too, should be so lucky.
Melanie is not a practitioner who, after spending a few minutes, throws medication of varying types or doses at her patients and then sends them on their way.
I would recommend him to anyone suffering from mental illness.
Dr. Sturos ended 20 years of suffering for me.
After years of trying to work with psychiatric professionals, for whom we paid way too much money, and with whom we spent way too little time to experience very little success, if any, we found Melanie Kabot-Sturos.
You too, should be so lucky.
Melanie is not a practitioner who, after spending a few minutes, throws medication of varying types or doses at her patients and then sends them on their way.
Reviews
Be the first to review Optimal Behavioral Health.
Write a Review
