For an emergency, call 911. In the United States, call or text 988 for suicide or mental-health crisis support.

Casa Privée is an outpatient medical practice, not an inpatient detoxification unit, psychiatric hospital or residential rehabilitation facility. A clinical assessment determines whether this setting is appropriate for your needs.

Casa Privée scope: private psychiatry, mental-health care and addiction medicine. Regenerative orthopedics is provided through a separate clinical entity.

Patient guide

Preparing for a private psychiatric consultation

A well-prepared consultation makes it easier to distinguish symptoms, diagnoses, treatment effects and medical contributors.

Clinical information

Clear scope.

Individual evaluation.

Patient guide

Reviewed September 2, 2026

6-minute read

Bring chronology, not just labels

A prior diagnosis is useful, but the clinician also needs to know when symptoms began, how they changed, what was happening at the time and which treatments helped or worsened them.

Prepare these five items

  • A current list of prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, supplements and substances

  • A timeline of major symptoms and functional changes

  • Previous medication trials, approximate dose and reason stopped

  • Relevant laboratory, imaging, hospital or psychiatric records

  • Specific goals and the most important questions you need answered

Disclose safety information directly

Suicidal thoughts, self-harm, psychosis, mania, severe withdrawal, overdose history, seizures and major medical illness can alter the appropriate setting and urgency of care. They should not be minimized because the consultation is private.

Urgent symptoms

A website or scheduled outpatient visit is not an emergency service. Call 911 for an emergency or call or text 988 for crisis support in the United States.

Expect diagnostic uncertainty to be discussed

Good psychiatric practice may identify more than one plausible explanation. The clinician should explain the working formulation, what evidence supports it, what remains uncertain and how treatment response will be measured.

Clinical leadership

Content prepared for Casa Privée under a physician-led editorial standard. It is general information and not individualized medical advice. Final treatment decisions require an appropriate clinical evaluation.

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