Conditions We Treat in Texas
Every guide below is written and reviewed by a Lyte clinician and says plainly what an evaluation involves, what treatment looks like, and what we coordinate elsewhere rather than treat in-house.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Akinwande Akintola, MD
Depression →What depression is, when to get evaluated, and how Lyte Psychiatry treats it across Texas with psychiatry, therapy, or both. Clinician-reviewed. Same-week telehealth appointments.Treatment-Resistant Depression →Depression that has not responded to two adequate antidepressant trials needs re-evaluation, not another guess. How Lyte Psychiatry reassesses and re-plans care across Texas.Persistent Depressive Disorder →Persistent depressive disorder is low mood lasting two years or more. Why chronic depression is often missed, and how Lyte Psychiatry evaluates and treats it across Texas.Seasonal Affective Disorder →Seasonal affective disorder is depression with a repeating seasonal pattern. How it is confirmed, what light therapy does, and how Lyte Psychiatry treats it across Texas.Bipolar Disorder →Bipolar disorder needs accurate diagnosis and long-term medication management. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates mood episodes and manages bipolar I and II across Texas.Cyclothymia →Cyclothymia is two or more years of mood swings that never reach full manic or depressive episodes. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates and treats cyclothymic disorder across Texas.Anxiety →Anxiety disorders are highly treatable. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates anxiety, which disorder fits your symptoms, and how therapy and medication are used across Texas.Generalized Anxiety Disorder →GAD is six months or more of uncontrollable worry across multiple areas of life. How Lyte Psychiatry diagnoses and treats generalized anxiety disorder across Texas.Panic Disorder →Panic disorder is recurrent panic attacks plus persistent fear of the next one. How Lyte Psychiatry treats panic across Texas with CBT and medication when needed.Social Anxiety Disorder →Social anxiety disorder is intense fear of being judged, not shyness. How Lyte Psychiatry treats social anxiety across Texas with exposure-based CBT and medication when needed.Agoraphobia →Agoraphobia is fear of situations where escape or help feels hard, leading to a shrinking world. How Lyte Psychiatry treats agoraphobia across Texas, including by telehealth.Specific Phobias →Specific phobias respond to short, structured exposure treatment. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates and treats phobias including flying, needles, and driving across Texas.Trauma →Not every trauma response is PTSD. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses trauma across Texas, what trauma-informed care means, and when a formal diagnosis changes the plan.PTSD →PTSD is diagnosable when symptoms persist beyond a month after trauma. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates and treats PTSD across Texas with therapy and medication.Complex PTSD →Complex PTSD follows prolonged, repeated trauma and adds difficulties with emotion regulation, self-worth, and relationships. How Lyte Psychiatry treats C-PTSD across Texas.Acute Stress Disorder →Acute stress disorder covers trauma symptoms in the first month after an event. What needs treatment now, what usually resolves, and how Lyte Psychiatry helps across Texas.Adjustment Disorder →Adjustment disorder is a disproportionate reaction to an identifiable stressor within three months. How Lyte Psychiatry treats it across Texas, usually briefly and without medication.Stress & Burnout →Burnout is exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced efficacy from chronic workplace stress, and it is not the same as depression. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses and treats it across Texas.Caregiver Burnout →Caregiver burnout brings exhaustion, guilt, and resentment that few caregivers say out loud. How Lyte Psychiatry supports family caregivers across Texas by telehealth.Postpartum Mental Health →Postpartum mental health covers more than depression: anxiety, OCD, and rare urgent presentations. What is normal, what is not, and how Lyte Psychiatry helps across Texas.Postpartum Depression →Postpartum depression is common, treatable, and not a failure of parenting. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates and treats PPD across Texas, including while breastfeeding.Postpartum Anxiety →Postpartum anxiety brings constant vigilance, dread, and intrusive thoughts, and it is often missed by depression screening. How Lyte Psychiatry treats it across Texas.Perinatal Depression →Depression during pregnancy needs a plan, not silence. How Lyte Psychiatry weighs medication decisions in pregnancy and coordinates care through birth across Texas.PMDD →PMDD is severe, cyclical mood disturbance in the luteal phase, not ordinary PMS. How Lyte Psychiatry confirms the diagnosis with tracking and treats it across Texas.Eating Disorders →Eating disorders differ in treatment and in the level of care they need. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates them across Texas and when specialist or medical care is required.Binge-Eating Disorder →Binge-eating disorder is the most common eating disorder and responds well to treatment. How Lyte Psychiatry treats BED across Texas with therapy and medication.Anorexia Nervosa →Anorexia nervosa needs team-based care and medical monitoring. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses it across Texas, what we treat, and when specialist care is required.Bulimia Nervosa →Bulimia nervosa involves binge-purge cycles with real medical risks. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses and treats it across Texas and when specialist care is needed.ARFID →ARFID is food avoidance driven by sensory sensitivity, fear of choking, or low interest in eating, not by body image. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses ARFID across Texas.Body Dysmorphic Disorder →Body dysmorphic disorder is preoccupation with a perceived appearance flaw others barely notice. How Lyte Psychiatry treats BDD across Texas with ERP-informed care and medication.OCD →OCD needs exposure and response prevention, not general talk therapy. How Lyte Psychiatry evaluates and treats obsessive-compulsive disorder across Texas.Illness Anxiety Disorder →Health anxiety is preoccupation with having a serious illness that reassurance never resolves. How Lyte Psychiatry treats illness anxiety disorder across Texas.Somatic Symptom Disorder →Somatic symptom disorder involves real physical symptoms with disproportionate distress and health-focused behaviour. How Lyte Psychiatry treats it across Texas.Chronic Pain & Mental Health →Chronic pain and depression drive each other. How Lyte Psychiatry supports people living with long-term pain across Texas, alongside your medical pain care.ADHD →ADHD assessment and treatment for adults and teens across Texas. What the evaluation involves, how treatment works, and what our prescribing policy actually is.Autism Spectrum →Autistic people have high rates of anxiety and depression and often poor experiences of care. How Lyte Psychiatry supports autistic patients across Texas, and what we do not do.Psychosis →Psychosis means a loss of contact with shared reality and needs prompt assessment. What is urgent, what treatment involves, and how Lyte Psychiatry helps across Texas.Schizophrenia →Schizophrenia is treatable and most people improve with consistent care. How Lyte Psychiatry supports people with schizophrenia across Texas, and when specialist services are needed.Schizoaffective Disorder →Schizoaffective disorder combines psychosis with major mood episodes. How Lyte Psychiatry treats it across Texas and how it differs from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Borderline Personality Disorder →BPD is treatable and outcomes are better than most people are told. How Lyte Psychiatry supports people with borderline personality disorder across Texas.Anger Management →Anger is usually a symptom of something else. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses and treats anger problems across Texas, and what we do not provide.Intermittent Explosive Disorder →Intermittent explosive disorder involves recurrent impulsive outbursts grossly out of proportion to the trigger. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses and treats IED across Texas.Oppositional Defiant Disorder →ODD involves persistent angry, argumentative, and defiant behaviour beyond typical development. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses ODD in Texas and what treatment actually works.Dissociative Disorders →Dissociative disorders involve disruption in memory, identity, or sense of self, usually linked to trauma. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses dissociation across Texas.Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder →DPDR means persistent detachment from yourself or your surroundings while knowing it is not real. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses and treats DPDR across Texas.Sleep Disorders →Sleep problems and mental health drive each other. How Lyte Psychiatry assesses sleep disorders across Texas, what we treat, and when you need a sleep study.Insomnia →Chronic insomnia responds better to CBT-I than to sleeping tablets. How Lyte Psychiatry treats insomnia across Texas without defaulting to sedatives.Substance Use Disorder →Substance use and mental health conditions are best treated together. How Lyte Psychiatry supports people across Texas, and which services we refer out.Grief →Most grief does not need treatment, and some does. How Lyte Psychiatry tells the difference across Texas, including prolonged grief disorder and grief-related depression.Grief & Loss →Not every loss is a death. Support for divorce, pregnancy loss, infertility, estrangement, and loss of health from Lyte Psychiatry across Texas.
These pages are for general education and are not medical advice. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, and for a medical emergency call 911.
Not sure which one fits?
An evaluation exists to answer that. Lyte sees patients by secure telehealth across Texas and in person at our Pantego clinic in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
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