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Refer a Patient

We will contact the patient directly to schedule an initial consultation, typically within five business days. We collaborate with referring clinicians throughout treatment to ensure continuity of care.

You may also fax referrals to (855) 452-6817 or send an encrypted email to referrals@bayareaneuropsychiatry.com.

Who to refer

Adults (18+) anywhere in California, for the full range of outpatient psychiatry. ADHD, depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and bipolar disorder are the core of our practice. Straightforward referrals are welcome and are seen promptly. We are also one of the few groups in California equipped for the referrals most practices cannot take: suspected FND, psychiatric sequelae of brain injury or neurological disease, perinatal and perimenopausal patients, physician-patients, and systematic deprescribing. Not a fit: patients under 18, patients requiring benzodiazepine continuation, or emergencies.

What your patient experiences

We contact the patient directly, typically within five business days (urgent referrals are triaged within two). The initial evaluation is 60 minutes with a physician, preceded by broadband rating scales. All care is delivered by secure video anywhere in California. In-network: Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, Lyra Health. Our Network Gap Exception guide helps out-of-network patients obtain in-network rates.

What you receive back

With patient consent, you receive the diagnostic formulation and treatment plan after the initial evaluation, and updates at significant treatment decisions. We treat referrals as shared care: therapists keep the therapy; PCPs and neurologists keep the medical home. We do not poach patients into services they already receive elsewhere.

When to consider a neuropsychiatrist

When symptoms sit at the boundary of neurology and psychiatry: mood or personality change after head injury, psychiatric symptoms with abnormal imaging or neurological signs, suspected functional neurological symptoms, cognitive complaints out of proportion to a mood disorder, or any presentation where three clinicians have produced three diagnoses. Our physicians are fellowship-trained at Stanford for exactly these cases.

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