| Welcome to Martini Psychiatric PracticeShahm Martini, M.D., M.P.H. Thank you for your interest in the practice. The information contained in this website is intentionally minimal to serve as a general introduction. Dr. Martini is a general adult psychiatrist. Most of the patients in his practice are functioning, intelligent, and independent adults that take their treatment seriously and want to be in charge of the decision making during the course of treatment. Prospective patients who are younger than 15 or older than 75 generally are treated by a child psychiatrist or a geriatric psychiatrist respectively. Carol, our office manager, is the first one you will meet when you arrive. She will only ask you to fill one intake page and sign one policies statement, as it is the vision of Dr. Martini to eliminate unnecessary paperwork. You have the option of filling the intake form at your convenience, and bring a printed copy to your appointment.
click on this link to download the intake form Dr. Martini uses a Bio-Psycho-Social orientation, which means that psychological and environmental factors are as important as medical aspects when evaluating a condition. He believes in patient-centered treatment, which means that he acts as an advisor/consultant to patients in deciding on what treatment modality to use rather than deciding for them. When it comes to addiction treatment, Dr. Martini practices the philosophy of Harm Reduction, which means that the focus is not on the use of substances, rather on the dysfunction and harm that substances can bring to someone's life. For billing and scheduling questions please contact Carol Westlie at carol@martinipsychiatry.com |