Mercy Clinic Psychiatry - 900 East Cherry

Only the patient knows how they feel. I urge my patients to advocate for themselves and to speak up if something is bothering them. Even if they've been shot down by other people, if it's a problem and it's bothering them, I would encourage them to speak up and continue to address it until they are satisfied with the answer.

To me, medicine is a cooperative and not a dictatorship. So, it's not me coming in and telling you that you better do it this way. You better do it my way. You better listen to me. That's not the way medicine is supposed to work. It's more of a cooperative to me. So, it's me and the patient or me and the person I'm seeing work as a team. I think when people feel that they're a part of the decision, they're actively involved in their healthcare. I think that makes a huge difference.

My one piece of advice for patients is speak up to your provider. We are here for you. And we want you to be in the best health that you would like to be in. So, the only way we can do that is knowing what the concerns are and knowing what you?re open and willing to do to give yourself the best quality of life that we can.