
How Forsythia
can help you
Urgent Psych Clinic
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Longitudinal Outpatient Clinic
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Benzo Taper Clinic
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Psychotherapy Clinic
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Inpatient Psychiatry
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ECT
Dr. Desjardins has privileges to perform ECT at Butler Hospital, a world class, private, free standing psychiatric hospital in Providence, RI
Behavioral Health Services provided by Forsythia
FBHS Online Urgent Psych Clinic
FBHS On-line Urgent Psych Clinic provides timely access to outpatient psychiatric assessment and medication management for patients experiencing a mental health crisis or risk of rapid deterioration requiring hospitalization.
Difficulty accessing care?
Patients experiencing mental illness often have difficulties accessing timely outpatient psychiatric medication management. It can take up to 4-8 weeks to get an initial evaluation with an outpatient psychiatrist. This contributes to an overreliance on Primary Care Doctors and the ED for treating non-emergent psychiatric problems.
We treat patients who have never been in psychiatric treatment, have been out of treatment for a while, or are currently in treatment but feel like they are under-treated.
We offer shorter waiting times, quick and easy access, online “walk-in” availability, and referrals to our longitudinal clinic.
We also offer easy access to inpatient and ECT services at Butler Hospital, in Providence, RI.

Longitudinal Outpatient Clinic
Our LOC is a traditional outpatient psychiatric clinic. We offer continuity of care from our urgent care clinic (UCC) to our longitudinal outpatient clinic (LOC)
Difficulty accessing continuity of care:
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Patients often experience problems with coordination and continuity of care after use of acute health care service (for example, Urgent Care, ED, and inpatient hospitalization), which contributes to poor clinical outcomes
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These gaps in care represent a failure to efficiently, seamlessly, and appropriately care for patients
Our urgent care providers will continue to treat you in our LOC for as long as you need it!

Behavioral Health Services provided by Forsythia
Is Tele-psych a good fit for you?
Tele-psych is great for anyone interested in treatment who can manage the online session through their phone or a computer. If the individual has good insight into their symptoms and is willing to seek treatment, we highly suggest trying our tele-med services.

01. Visit a hospital ER or call 911 for serious or life-threatening conditions
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Imminent risk to self or others as a result of psychiatric symptoms
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Thought disturbance resulting in risky thoughts and/or behavior combined with an inability to keep self safe
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Experiencing extreme agitation
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First time experiencing severe psychiatric symptoms
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Self-harm has occurred and requires emergent medical treatment to stabilize
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Intoxication or impairment from substance use (alcohol, opiate, cocaine, cannabis, pyschedelics, etc.
Levels of Care
02. Visit our urgent psych online clinic
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Moderate to severe psychiatric symptoms that need to be assessed and addressed
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Daily activities are a struggle
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The individual is willing to seek treatment
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The individual is able to tolerate an on-line tele-psych appointment
03. Call for a regularly scheduled appointment
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Symptoms are mild to moderate
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Daily activities are manageable
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Waiting for a regularly scheduled appointment seems manageable