Meeting The Treatment Team Transitioning From Primary Care To Psychiatry
When primary care providers recommend mental health treatment, patients can feel apprehensive and flustered. Health care providers are asked questions such as, “What is the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist?” Marla Moses and Dr. Sloan Manning discuss their approaches for when it is time to transition from primary care to psychiatry.
Marla Moses, FNP, PMHNP owns a private practice, in Moses Mental Health in Indianapolis, Indiana, which is focused on mental health across the lifespan. She has previously practiced …
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