Reviewed 2026-09-21 · DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Diagnostic interview for mood, anxiety, ADHD, and psychosis
Insurance verification happens before the visit so the evaluation itself is clinical time.
What Psychiatric Evaluations actually includes
Initial consults at this clinic are scheduled as 60–90 minutes because a 20-minute slot cannot hold a reliable differential.
Sleep assessment looks at insomnia, circadian delay, apnea clues, and whether poor sleep is driving the daytime syndrome or following it.
How Psychiatric Evaluations is structured
Safety: if risk is high, we stop the routine template and use crisis pathways.
Scales are chosen to match the hypothesis — we do not print every questionnaire in the building.
Formulation is shared in plain language: what is likely, what is possible, what we are watching.
Follow-up is scheduled before you leave so the evaluation is not a one-off performance.
In-office versus Florida telehealth
Plantation (Broward County) has about 92,000 residents. The nearest Peace & Heart Wellness exam room is the Hollywood office, about 18 minutes from Westfield Broward and the University Drive medical corridor.
Plantation sits in Broward County. County-level resources (crisis lines, hospital ERs, IOP programs) are discussed during Psychiatric Evaluations when a higher level of care is safer than outpatient titration.
Opening 10 minutes: chief concern, safety, and what you want the evaluation to decide.
History of present illness is a timeline, not a mood adjective. We date onsets, postpartum windows, and medication trials.
DSM-5-TR framing for hormone mood assessment
Prior diagnoses that conflict with each other or with the current mental status exam.
hormone mood assessment is treated as a presenting complaint that still has to survive a differential, not as a self-diagnosis we rubber-stamp.
Perimenopausal, postpartum, PMDD, or androgen-related mood change that has not been medically reviewed.
Insomnia that is either a syndrome of its own or a driver of daytime psychiatric symptoms.
Protocol elements we do not skip
Pregnancy status and contraception when prescribing agents with teratogenic or lactation issues.
QT, sodium, TSH, and metabolic labs when the chosen medication class requires them.
Missed appointments after a high-risk visit trigger outreach, not silent discharge.
If GeneSight is used, results are filed with the limitation statement in the note.
Neighborhoods and ZIPs: 33311, 33313, 33317, 33322
{access}. That access pattern is why Psychiatric Evaluations for Plantation is written as a service-area page, not as a fake storefront.
ZIP 33311 is the lead postal code listed for Plantation. Mail-order labs and pharmacy routing still use the patient's actual address, not this page's city token.
Parking at 7603 Davie Road Extension is on site. Plantation patients who drive 18 minutes should plan for weekday 9:00–17:00 hours; Saturday is by appointment only.
You have been told you have anxiety, depression, ADHD, and 'hormonal mood' by different people, and none of them wrote a differential that explains the overlap.
Book Psychiatric Evaluations
Start with one thorough Psychiatric Evaluations evaluation rather than a series of 15-minute check-ins. Book at (888) 307-2199 or online.
Crisis now is 988 or the ER — not the booking form. For non-urgent Psychiatric Evaluations, use (888) 307-2199 during weekday hours.
Related care
Clinician: Dr. Dorothy Chatelier, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Last medical review: 2026-09-21.
Florida telehealth psychiatry is available to established and new patients located in Florida at the time of the visit, subject to licensure and clinical appropriateness. An in-person evaluation at the Hollywood office may be recommended when a physical exam, vital signs, or a more complete diagnostic interview is needed.
This information is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It does not establish a provider-patient relationship. Always seek care from a qualified clinician for questions about a medical or psychiatric condition. If you are in crisis, call 988 or go to the nearest emergency department.