Psychological Health Care of South Louisiana

01/07/2025

Call 985-625-0023 to schedule a psychological evaluation for your child before the start of the new school year if you are experiencing difficulties like excessive time spent on studies, emotional breakdowns over homework and studying, grades don’t reflect what they seem to know during study time, etc. We can help!

Mental Health clinic located in Thibodaux, Louisiana

18/06/2025

Interesting finding…

New Genetic Link to OCD Found

Cutting-edge DNA sequencing has uncovered a striking difference in genetic profiles between children with OCD and their healthy peers.

Researchers found that children with OCD were far more likely to carry rare, spontaneous mutations in their DNA known as copy number variants (CNVs).

These CNVs can delete or duplicate critical regions of DNA, affecting genes that influence brain function and behavior.

Notably, 75% of the variants identified in OCD patients were potentially damaging, while none were found in the control group.

The results challenge long-held assumptions that psychiatric conditions like OCD are primarily inherited.

They suggest that spontaneous genetic changes are a major contributor and may lead to more effective diagnostics and therapies.

18/06/2025

Mental health resource for Lafourche residents

At the Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center, residents can receive eight (8) sessions of therapy at no cost. As a reminder, these sessions are made possible by funds from the Opioid Abatement Fund. If you or a loved one is in need of services, please contact 985-304-HOPE (4673) to schedule an appointment. No referral required.

In a crisis? Please call 988 for the Su***de and Crisis Lifeline. For all Emergencies, call 911.

***Must be a resident of Lafourche Parish to receive the 8 sessions of therapy at no cost.***

06/06/2025

As a therapist, I stand behind this. We can often get analysis paralysis when what we need is simple behavior changes to get momentum, relief, success.

We wait for some grand event to change our life.

But life doesn’t change in the big moments - it changes in the quiet ones.

The ones we repeat every single day. That’s where success hides. In the ordinary. In your routine.

Book: Make Today Count - John C. Maxwell

06/05/2025

Great podcast on mental health, education, and parenting

A weekly podcast produced by Children’s Health Council (CHC) with insights, inspiration and creative conversations about mental health, education and family.

28/04/2025

The most brow-raising data in the 2024 National Veteran Affairs Su***de Prevention Annual Report just released was that women aged 40-65 treated in the VHA with menopause hormone replacement therapy had a reduction of 47.4% in su***de rates over the ten year study period from 2002 to 2022. A lot of useful information about veteran and non-veteran, male and female, mental health!

28/04/2025

Early diagnosis and treatment makes a huge difference in a child’s success. We have immediate openings for testing and take insurance. Call 985-625-0023 to set up an appointment with Mandi Bonvillain, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Specialist in School Psychology.

24/04/2025

Melissa Raymond, BCBA, in Lake Charles on the early signs of autism and importance of early diagnosis and treatment. Talk to your pediatrician if you have concerns or contact us to schedule diagnostic testing. We have immediate openings and take insurance. 985-625-0023.

23/04/2025

22/04/2025

Now is the perfect time to get ADHD, learning disability, or autism spectrum testing done so that your child can have an accommodation plan ready for the start of the school year. We have immediate openings and take insurance. Call 985-625-0023 to set up an appointment.

22/04/2025

Now is the perfect time to schedule ADHD, learning disability, and autism spectrum disorder testing so that your child can have an accommodation plan ready for the new school year! We have immediate openings and take insurance. Call 985-625-0023 to set up an appointment.

Mental Health clinic located in Thibodaux, Louisiana

16/04/2025

Neuropsychologist and ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley addresses recent media attention from the NY Times on ADHD diagnosis and treatment practices. This is part one of four.

On Sunday, April 13th, 2025 an article on ADHD was published in the New York Times Magazine about the nature of ADHD and whether we need to rethink our views...