It's how psychiatric medication is supposed to be handled, by a clinician who knows your full history and stays with you over time.
What is psychiatric medication management?
Medication management is the ongoing medical side of mental health care: a thorough psychiatric evaluation, a diagnosis you understand, a prescription when, and only when, medication is the right tool, and regular follow-ups to adjust the plan as you go.
At the Center for Integrative Psychiatry, that clinician is part of a team led by Dr. Tahir Khwaja, psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer. Prescribing decisions sit inside a whole-person view of your care: sleep, lifestyle, other medications, and any therapy you're doing, all in one chart.
Who is medication management for?
New to psychiatric care
Adults starting care for the first time who want a careful, unhurried evaluation before any prescription.
Already on medication
Patients who want a Texas provider to review, continue, or thoughtfully adjust their current plan.
When it isn't working
Side effects, partial relief, or no relief, and you want a second, careful look at your treatment.
Referred by a therapist
Patients in therapy here or elsewhere whose therapist has suggested a medication evaluation.
Adults & adolescents
We see adults and adolescents; for younger children, call to confirm care for your child's age.
From your first visit through ongoing care
What happens at your first appointment
Your first visit is an evaluation, not a transaction, a careful look before any prescription.
A prescription is a possible outcome of the evaluation, never a guarantee going in.
How follow-ups work
Follow-ups are where medication management earns its name, tracking your response and adjusting as you go.
Some prescriptions may require an in-person visit or extra verification; your provider will walk you through it.
Which conditions can medication management support?
Why choose CIP for medication management?
Careful evaluation, a psychiatrist-led team, and therapy under the same roof, the way ongoing medication care should work.
Evaluation before prescription, every time
Our prescribers make treatment decisions after a real psychiatric evaluation, the opposite of the questionnaire-mill model.
Psychiatrist-led team
Dr. Tahir Khwaja, psychiatrist and CMO, leads a prescribing team of psychiatric nurse practitioners and a physician associate.
Therapy under the same roof
If your plan includes talk therapy, your prescriber and therapist share one chart at one clinic, no faxing records between offices.
A real clinic, both ways
Start by video and switch to in-person, or the reverse, with the same provider. Two DFW offices, telehealth statewide.
In-network
We accept most major insurance plans, so careful, ongoing medication management isn't a cash-only luxury.
Meet the prescribing team
Common questions about medication management
What to expect at the first visit, how telehealth works, and how we handle existing prescriptions.
