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A Path to Wellness and Fulfillment
Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry | Psychiatric Medication Prescriber
At Radiant Path Psychiatry, we will help you find harmony. Every person is a unique individual with their own set of experiences and needs. Based on this belief, we operate using a wholistic philosophy that examines various aspects of your life. Together, we will develop a medication treatment plan tailored to help you on your unique path to healing.
Now Treating Patients in Colorado, Idaho, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Washington D.C., Washington State, and Wyoming.
Specialties & Treatment Philosophies
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Mood Disorders
Dr. Padilla has experience in treating a full spectrum of psychiatric conditions, including but not limited to mood disorders, such as severe major depression, disruptive mood dysregulation and bipolar and thought disorders across the entire schizophrenia spectrum. Click here to see a complete list of what we treat.
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ADHD
Treating patients of all ages and life stages, Dr. Padilla has a special interest in the treatment of ADHD. His research on nonpharmaceutical interventions for ADHD was published in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurse Association (2018). At Radiant Path Psychiatry, we pride ourselves on a wholistic approach to all treatments, but especially ADHD. This approach considers the entire structure or makeup of a person - body, mind, spirit, and social factors - to determine the most appropriate treatment modalities. When that treatment plan involves medication, we work hard to customize each patient's unique path to healing.
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Medication Management
Are you already working with a great therapist? We are happy to partner with your therapy team to optimize the benefits of counseling and medications. We take a “start low and go slow” approach to medications, paying special attention to medication potency and potential interactions with other medications you may be taking. We also believe “knowledge is power,” and we spend significant time on education and explanation so that you fully understand our recommendations and are fully comfortable with your treatment plan. We don’t believe that medications alone can make you happy, but we do believe that medications can help empower you to find your path to wellness and peace.
Controlled substances like stimulants and benzodiazepines are not prescribed in this practice.
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Substance Abuse
In addition to treating mental illness, our team has extensive experience in the treatment of substance use disorders and patients with co-occurring substance use and mental illness, including, when medically indicated, the use of medications to help our patients achieve and maintain sobriety. We treat the entire substance use spectrum, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, and cannabis use. Dr. Padilla also has experience treating conditions that are rooted in addiction, such as gambling and pornography addiction.
About Us
Dr. R. Alexander Padilla, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP
Board Certified Primary Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Certified Addictions Registered Nurse - Advanced Practice
Licensed with prescribing abilities in Colorado, Idaho, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington D.C., Washington State, and Wyoming.
Dr. Padilla is a psychiatric nurse practitioner and doctor of nursing practice from the New York tri-state area and has almost 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. Dr. Padilla specializes in mental health and has extensive experience in the field of psychiatry. He treats the entire life continuum: children, adolescents, adults, and aging adults. He has treated these populations in the inpatient hospital and outpatient settings, inpatient and outpatient detox and substance use rehabilitation settings, early intervention, jail medication assisted treatment, and psychiatric emergency services. His experience encompasses treatment for the full spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses that includes, but is not limited to: anxiety disorders, mood disorders, sleep disorders, eating disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, disruptive conduct disorders, and psychotic disorders. He is Board Certified in Addictions. Dr. Padilla’s research on nonpharmaceutical interventions for ADHD was recently published in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurse Association (2018).
Prior to specializing in psychiatry, Dr. Padilla spent over 15 years in various medical specialties, such as oncology, auto immune, hospice, ER, ICU, and infectious disease and was a board-certified high-tech infusion therapy registered nurse.
Dr. Padilla also served proudly in the United States Marine Corps as a rifleman with the MOS 2531 with a specialty in radio communications.
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