Assessment
Comprehensive diagnostic assessment
The foundation of effective psychiatric care is an evaluation that accounts for everything affecting your health, not just the symptoms that brought you through the door.
A comprehensive diagnostic assessment is the first step in developing an effective treatment plan. This initial evaluation explores your current symptoms, personal and medical history, past treatments, and overall functioning.
The goal is to gain a clear, accurate understanding of your concerns, not simply to assign a diagnosis, but to create a thoughtful, individualized plan for care.
Age range
Dr. Jubert treats patients within the age range of 10 to 80. Though exceptions are sometimes made, patients outside of this range are typically best cared for by a specialist in either child/adolescent or geriatric psychiatry.
What the assessment covers
Complete medical and family history review
Before any treatment decisions are made, Dr. Jubert reviews your full medical history. Conditions such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, vitamin deficiencies, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and anemia can produce symptoms that look like depression, anxiety, or cognitive impairment. These conditions are identified and accounted for before assuming a purely psychiatric cause. Family psychiatric history is also examined, because patterns of mood disorders, substance use, ADHD, and other conditions often run through generations and inform diagnostic thinking.
Psychiatric and psychosocial history
The evaluation covers prior psychiatric diagnoses, medications you have tried and how you responded to them, therapy history, and any hospitalizations or crisis episodes. Just as important is the psychosocial context: your work situation, relationships, financial pressures, social support, spiritual practices, and the daily stressors that shape how you feel and function. These factors are not background details. They are central to understanding why symptoms developed and what treatment approach will actually work.
Socioeconomic and life stress evaluation
Psychiatric symptoms do not exist in a vacuum. Job loss, caregiving demands, financial insecurity, isolation, grief, and major life transitions all affect mental health in ways that medication alone cannot fully address. Dr. Jubert examines these factors during the initial assessment because a treatment plan that ignores them is incomplete.
What you can expect
01 Before your visit
You will receive intake forms to complete before your appointment. Completing these forms in advance allows the full appointment time to be spent on evaluation and conversation rather than paperwork. Bring a list of current medications, any relevant medical records, and any prior psychiatric evaluations if available.
02 During the appointment
The initial evaluation is thorough. Dr. Jubert will ask detailed questions about your medical history, your symptoms, when they started, what makes them better or worse, and what you have already tried. He will explain what he is observing, what the possible diagnoses are, and why he is considering them. You will not leave the appointment confused about what was decided or why.
03 After the appointment
You will leave with a clear understanding of your diagnosis, the treatment plan, and the reasoning behind it. If medication is prescribed, you will know why that specific medication was chosen, what side effects to watch for, and when to follow up. If additional testing or medical consultation is needed before treatment begins, that will be explained as well.
This practice does not perform disability assessments or provide medical opinions for legal or administrative purposes. The focus of the assessment is diagnostic evaluation and the development of a treatment plan.
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120 E Carteret St, Edenton, NC 27932