Lab-Informed Psychiatric Care

Laboratory testing may be used as a psychiatric decision-making tool to evaluate possible physiologic contributors to mood, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognition, libido, motivation, and nervous system regulation.

Labs may include thyroid markers, vitamin and nutrient status, metabolic markers, hormone patterns, and other clinically relevant measures, when appropriate.

How We Use Labs

To better understand possible physiologic contributors to mental health symptoms.
To inform individualized psychiatric treatment planning.
To monitor response and safety during treatment.
To identify when referral to primary care or a specialist may be appropriate.

What Lab-Informed Care Is and Is Not

Lab-informed psychiatric care is part of a broader plan that may include medication management, therapy-informed care, lifestyle support, and off-label hormone-informed support. It is not a replacement for primary care, endocrinology, gynecology, urology, cardiology, pediatrics, or other specialty medical evaluation.

Laboratory Testing Disclaimer

Laboratory testing at Meadowlark Mind & Body is used as a psychiatric decision-making tool to evaluate possible physiologic contributors to mental health symptoms and quality-of-life concerns, including mood, anxiety, fatigue, sleep, cognition, libido, motivation, and nervous system regulation. Lab testing does not replace primary care, emergency care, endocrinology, cardiology, gynecology, urology, pediatrics, or other specialty medical evaluation. Patients are encouraged to maintain routine care with their primary care provider and appropriate specialists.