Korean Psychiatrists in Towson, MD

Hei-Jung C. Kim, M.D. is a board certified psychiatrist and a Christian psychiatrist who has been caring for patients for over 30 years. She has earned a reputation for successfully helping patients to manage their illnesses and improve their quality of life. She is experienced in dealing with acute, complex cases needing intensive intervention as well as complicated medication management issues. She encourages patients' families to participate in the treatment process when appropriate. She believes each patient is unique, and they and their caregivers deserve to be respected and heard when formulating appropriate treatment plans.

Hello! I am a board-certified, NIMH fellowship-trained psychiatrist with a holistic, integrative, and collaborative approach to treatment. I invite a dynamic and engaged process with patients to help me understand them.

Mood disorders do not exist without psychosocial issues, such as school performance, employment conflict, unemployment, middle life crisis, marriage conflicts, divorce, parenting, broken family, financial troubles, bankruptcy, family deaths, etc. Manic symptoms can be taken as wild and difficult personality and a person can live years and years of social and emotional hardships without assessment and treatment. Undetected psychotic symptoms such as prodromal phase of schizophrenia in adolescent can delay treatment, resulting in isolation and violence. The pandemic has caused unimaginable degrees of various mood disturbances.

At Synergy Strive, our patients' treatment is guided by respect and self-acceptance and by collaborating with patients to reach or regain optimal health. We have a diverse team of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners who work closely with patients to practice holistic mental and physical health care. We seek to understand all aspects of an individual's history, which could affect every part of their life. We take an integrative approach to treatment, using medication as an adjunct to therapy and incorporating non-drug treatments such as TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) for Anxious Depression & OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

Would it be possible to be a family practitioner who has a kind bedside manner, is on a first-name basis with many patients and also, when needed, can make house calls? This is what I used to watch when I grew up, Marcus Welby, M.D. He left me an image of a doctor with humanity in his office as well as mature medical craftmanship. Managed care environment makes this type of practice difficult, but this is my goal to provide compassionate care, filling the gap in the healthcare system whether it is caused by stigma, culture, or finance.