Tag: Dr. D’Loreyn Walker

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Child Mental Health 101: An Expert Synopsis

The Problem: Embarrassment, confusion, academic struggles, and life-long suffering associated with community misunderstanding of child and adolescent mental health.

The Resource: Our Child Mental Health Synopsis which was previous presented by Dr. D’Loreyn Walker at the Clarendon Hills Public Library. An educational video slide presentation covering ADHD, anorexia, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, DMDD, learning disorder, motor and vocal tics, OCD, ODD, PTSD, substance abuse, and more. Education is provided regarding considerations for choosing a mental health professional and factors relating to long-term need for medication treatment.

Available upon request using the WCC contact form here.

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Psychotropic Adverse Drug Reaction Screen – 10 (PADRS-10)

The Problem: The need for patients to quickly and easily communicate side effects to the prescribing professionals managing their medications.

The Resource: The PADRS-10, a 1-page form that the patient completes and reviews with their mental health professional to jumpstart the conversation about the medication problems that they’re experiencing. To learn more, visit the description for this resource.

Available for purchase and download here.

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 33 Ways To Stretch Your Mental Health Dollars

The Problem: The patient need to manage their payments for mental health care services and medications.

The Resource: An detailed list of ways to get the maximum benefit from medication(s), health insurance, local and national resources, and health care appointments. To learn more, visit the description for this resource.

Free for download with email sign-up here.

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— Postponed Products —

Take Back Your Life, a workbook for people looking for a systematic approach to working with their mental health professionals to achieve emotional stability while streamlining their medications. The release of this workbook by the Walker Clarity Centre has been postponed.

Visit the What’s Next? page or sign up for the Walker Clarity Centre email list for updates on these or future products!

Psychotropic Side Effect Burden

Here’s A New Side Effect Screening Tool, The PADRS-10!

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Medication side effects can have significant and lasting negative impacts on a person’s mental function and daily quality of life.  In an attempt to help individuals identify whether or not they are experiencing an unsafe reaction to their mental health medication(s), we present the Psychotropic Adverse Drug Reaction Screen – 10 (PADRS-10).  Designed by Dr. D’Loreyn Walker MD, this screening tool is intended to help individuals identify some of the more severe side effects of mental health medications and facilitate a conversation between the individual and their psychiatrist or general medical doctor of choice.  Having been submitted for the review of general and behavioral health doctors as well as psychotherapists, the PADRS-10 is intended for use by both individuals concerned for medication side effects and medical providers for preliminary office screening of psychotropic medication side effects.  To purchase the latest revision of the PADRS-10, click here. 

For individuals looking to reduce their mental health care costs, we also offer 33 Ways To Stretch Your Mental Health Dollars, a resource to help people get more from their mental health payments.

Thanks for visiting Walker Clarity Centre!

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Dear Patients, Colleagues, and Neighbors,

This is Dr. Walker writing. It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you that the Walker Clarity Centre closed its doors on 1/31/2020. I have retired from practicing clinical medicine and am no longer engaged in providing patient care.

At the end of 2019, I received unfortunate news that combined with personal circumstances to require that I shift my attention to focusing on my family. I have already notified my patients and begun coordinating their transition to local psychiatrists as I complete their final medication and paperwork needs. To support this process, the contact form of this website remains active. The phone and fax lines have been disconnected as of 4/1/2020.

For those who were hoping to schedule intake appointments at Walker Clarity Centre for care, I regret to inform you that this is no longer possible. To help your search, I’m linking the psychiatrist referral list that was given to my patients (here) in hopes that it will assist your search for a local mental health professional.

Although this concludes my career in medicine, I’m honored to have had the opportunity to be of some small help. It’s been a privilege to conspire with all of you to better the emotional well-being of our community.

Thank you for allowing me to be of service.

– Dr. Walker –

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Thank you for visiting the website of the Walker Clarity Centre!

Founded by Adult and Child-Adolescent Psychiatrist, D’Loreyn Walker, MD, the Walker Clarity Centre provides educational information on how to use medication and therapy resources to overcome mental health obstacles and achieve success and forward momentum. To accomplish this process, the website houses educational articles and products, including the PADRS-10 psychotropic medication side effect assessment scale, for client and community access. 

For more information or additional resources, please use the contact page to communicate with our team!

What Do Others Say About Us?

“Dr. Walker is bright and well educated. What makes her an outstanding doctor are two qualities: her ability to diagnose; and her willingness to work with a patient until she finds the best way to treat a patient. In one word-hope. That is what Dr. Walker has given us, hope. When a patient is dealing with a complicated and hard to understand disease it is very reassuring to know that Dr. Walker is leading the team.”

“Dr. Walker is smart and extremely logical. Patient as can be.”

“Enjoyed speaking with Dr. Walker. [She’s] easy to talk to.”