Depressive Disorders

Psychiatric care for persistent low mood, emotional fatigue, and changes in motivation or functioning across the lifespan.

Pax Mentis Psychiatry provides individualized, evidence-informed psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing depressive symptoms that affect emotional wellbeing, daily functioning, or quality of life. Care is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in a whole-person understanding of how mood, sleep, stress, and life context interact.

Depression can present differently across individuals and life stages and may be influenced by medical factors, hormonal changes, chronic stress, or co-occurring conditions.

Areas of Focus

We provide evaluation and treatment for:

  • Persistent low mood, sadness, or emotional numbness

  • Loss of interest or motivation

  • Fatigue or low energy

  • Sleep or appetite changes

  • Difficulty with concentration or decision-making

  • Irritability or mood changes in children and adolescents

Depressive symptoms occurring alongside anxiety, ADHD, trauma, or medical illness

What to Expect

Comprehensive Mood Evaluation

Your evaluation includes a detailed review of mood symptoms, medical and psychiatric history, sleep patterns, stressors, life transitions, and prior treatment response. Appointments are paced to support diagnostic clarity and thoughtful, individualized planning.

Individualized Treatment

Care may include, as clinically appropriate:

  • Psychiatric medication management

  • Psychoeducation about mood disorders

  • Sleep and routine support

  • Behavioral and lifestyle strategies

  • Values-based or faith-informed integration, when desired

Care is provided within an integrative, whole-person psychiatric model.

Collaborative Care

With your permission, care may be coordinated with therapists, primary care clinicians, or other medical providers to support comprehensive treatment.

Why Pax Mentis Psychiatry for Depression Care

Patients receive care from a psychiatrist experienced in evaluating and treating depressive disorders across the lifespan, including complex presentations influenced by life transitions, medical factors, or co-occurring anxiety or attention concerns. Care is individualized, privacy-conscious, and guided by clinical judgment and patient values.