Psychiatric Services

In addition to Dr. Hayford, our psychiatric team includes  Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Leslie Armstrong, Tiffany Farnsworth and Lorna Wright and Meredith Skotschir (RN, CDCA, ECMHC) and Theresa Culver, psychiatric services scheduler.

C&A offers psychiatric services at both our Belden and Alliance offices.  Our psychiatrists and APRNs will assess your child to determine if medication may be an appropriate part of their overall treatment for conditions including Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), depression and bipolar disorders, anxiety, trauma and stressor-related disorders, and psychotic disorders.  Referrals to C&A’s psychiatric services can be made by primary care physicians, treating therapists and case managers, or self-referrals by parents for their children.  Initial appointments for psychiatry typically begin with an evaluation which can last from 60 to 90 minutes. If medication is prescribed, our prescribers will work with parents and children