Business Times of Edmond, Oklahoma February 2020 - Page 6

Healthy
Living
in Edmond
Helping women to live their best life
BY TOM FINK | PHOTOS PROVIDED
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t Balance Women’s Health,
experienced doctors,
psychiatrists, and specialists
want to help women in all stages of life
to achieve balance through physical and
mental health.
“Balance was founded in 2014 in
Moore, and we opened our Edmond
location in 2018,” said Dr. Melanie
Barrett, psychiatrist. “Most of our
patients come to us looking for answers
because they’ve been feeling unwell for
some time and haven’t found the right
provider to sit down, listen to them,
and work with them to get their body
functioning right.
“We listen,” she said.
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Balance Women’s Health specializes
in women’s healthcare and the diagnosis
and treatment of mood, anxiety, and
sexual health disorders, commonly
influence by reproductive hormones
during and after pregnancy, and
through a woman’s midlife transition
to menopause.
Mood and hormone health,
psychiatry, counseling, sexual health,
maternal mental health, and general
wellness are all addressed by Dr. Barrett
and her team of specialists.
“Hormones play a big role and can
greatly influence a person’s mental well-
being,” Dr. Barrett said. “Our focus is to
get to the root of our patient’s symptoms
so that we can determine how best to
treat them. Some people may come
in with anxiety or mood swings, other
people may come in with depression
or anger issues. We take the time to
get to know the patient, take a holistic
approach and get to the bottom of what’s
going on with them and help them feel
live themselves again.”
Other medical conditions, including
autoimmune, or endocrine disorders
which can worsen depression or anxiety,
are all taken into consideration when
determining the best treatment, Dr.
Barrett said.
“Each treatment is specialized, very
individualized — it (treatments) can be