Same-week appointments by secure virtual visit, with in-person care at our nearest office in Mandeville.
If you live along the I-12 corridor or in southeast Baton Rouge, you already know how much of your week disappears into traffic. Between the I-10/I-12 split, Essen Lane and the drive home to Denham Springs or Walker, finding time for your own mental health can feel impossible. Redi-Med Psychiatry was built to remove that barrier. We see patients ages 14 and up across the Capital Region with same-week appointments by virtual visit, so you can meet with a psychiatric provider from home, from your truck in the plant parking lot after a shift, or from a quiet room on your lunch break.
In a 2023 study of psychiatrists in five U.S. states, new patients waited a median of more than two months (67 days) for an outpatient psychiatry appointment.* Two months is a long time to struggle. Sleep slips, work suffers, and many people give up before they are ever seen. Our standard is different: we work to see new patients within one week.
Every community has its own pressures, and we take time to understand yours.
In August 2016 the Amite River crested at a record 46.2 feet in Denham Springs, and about 90 percent of homes and buildings there took on water. Years later, many families still feel a knot in the stomach when heavy rain is in the forecast. That lingering worry is real, and it is treatable.
Rotating schedules at the refineries and chemical plants along the Mississippi River corridor can disrupt sleep, strain marriages and leave little room for a regular appointment. Virtual visits can be scheduled around your rotation.
From high school students in Livingston Parish and Ascension Parish to college students near LSU, academic pressure, social media and big transitions can bring on anxiety, low mood and trouble focusing. We help teens and young adults, and we include parents in the conversation when appropriate.
Parents who commute the I-12 every day often put everyone else first. Care that fits a lunch break or an evening can make the difference.
Baton Rouge is home to Louisiana National Guard soldiers, including the 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, which supported the community during the 2016 floods. The region also depends on police officers, firefighters, EMS crews and dispatchers who answer the call every day. We hold a special commitment to service members, military families and first responders, and we understand the pressure of deployments, drill weekends, long shifts and difficult calls.
Our providers offer psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management for concerns such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma and PTSD, bipolar disorder, sleep problems and stress-related conditions. We also offer TMS therapy at our Mandeville office for people whose depression has not improved with other approaches.
Most Capital Region patients start, and stay, with virtual visits. If you'd like to be seen in person, our nearest location is our Mandeville office at 4430 Hwy 22, Mandeville, LA 70471, about an hour east along I-12. We also see patients at our Slidell, New Orleans and Belle Chasse offices.
Virtual visits are available to eligible patients located in Louisiana within our current service area. Availability depends on provider schedules, clinical appropriateness, and insurance coverage. Contact us to confirm eligibility.
New patients: call (985) 626-3470 and press 1We accept most major insurance plans, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, UMR, PHCS, Web TPA, Tricare, VA Community Care, Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, and Louisiana Medicaid plans. Our team will verify your benefits before your first visit. See all accepted plans
Southeast Baton Rouge, Shenandoah, Old Jefferson, Jefferson Highway and Bluebonnet area, Mid-City, Sherwood Forest, Inniswold, Oak Hills Place, Westminster, Gardere and the LSU / Highland Road area
Prairieville and Dutchtown
Denham Springs, Watson, Walker, Livingston, Holden and Albany
Central and Zachary
No. We serve the Baton Rouge area through virtual visits. For in-person care, our nearest office is in Mandeville at 4430 Hwy 22, and we also have offices in Slidell, New Orleans and Belle Chasse.
Our goal is to see new patients within one week. Research shows new patients often wait more than two months for a psychiatry appointment, so we work hard to keep that standard.
A smartphone, tablet or computer with a camera, a reliable internet connection, and a private spot where you feel comfortable talking. You must be in Louisiana during the visit. We'll send instructions before your appointment.
Yes. We see patients ages 14 and up. A parent or guardian is involved in the first visit for patients under 18.
We accept most major plans, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, UMR, PHCS, Web TPA, Tricare, VA Community Care, Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, and Louisiana Medicaid plans. Call us and we'll check your benefits before your visit.
Yes. Virtual visits make it easier to fit care around plant rotations, first-responder shifts and Guard drill weekends. Let our team know your schedule when you call (985) 626-3470.
Call (985) 626-3470 to schedule a same-week appointment. It's one phone call, and we'll take it from there.
*Source: Sun et al., "Low availability, long wait times, and high geographic disparity of psychiatric outpatient care in the US," General Hospital Psychiatry, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.05.012
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: "Baton Rouge skyline 2013" by getmahesh, CC BY-SA 2.0; "Louisiana State Capitol" by Chrismiceli, CC0; "Boardwalk at BREC Bluebonnet Nature Center" by H.dryad, CC BY-SA 4.0; "Amite River" by Louisiana Sea Grant, CC BY 2.0; "Livingston Parish Courthouse" by Benjamin Eunice, CC BY-SA 4.0.
