Norfolk, Virginia
Medication Management in Norfolk
Norfolk's rhythm is set by the harbor: deployment cycles that stretch households, shipyard shifts that wreck sleep, and a mental health load that rarely fits a civilian clinic's Tuesday calendar. TRICARE visibility worries keep many from trying at all, and the waitlists punish the ones who do. Psychiatric medication deserves an owner, not an autopilot. shrinkMD provides board certified medication management to Norfolk by secure video, with follow up that happens on schedule and decisions driven by measured results.
Medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, board certified psychiatrist · Published June 7, 2026 · Last reviewed June 17, 2026 · Editorial policy
Why shrinkMD
Care built around Norfolk
Everything here sits outside the systems: nothing billed to TRICARE or any insurer, records only with written authorization, and adult family members, veterans, shipyard workers, and civilians seen within days.
Care follows the deployment calendar, heavier during workups and absences, lighter when the household is whole, by video from Ghent to Ocean View to Portsmouth.
What's included
Stewardship, visit by visit
Good prescribing is a feedback loop. At each visit your clinician reviews your validated symptom scores, your side effects, and your sleep, then adjusts a single variable so cause and effect stay readable. While starting or changing medication that loop runs every two to four weeks; once you're doing well it relaxes to every one to three months.
Your full trial history, names, doses, durations, responses, lives in your chart from day one, so failed experiments never get repeated. Prescriptions go electronically to your pharmacy, monitoring labs are arranged through your local clinic when a medication requires them, and your primary care doctor stays in the loop with your permission. No controlled substances, stated plainly before you ever book.
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Care and next steps in Norfolk
Frequently asked questions
Good questions, clear answers
Can shipyard rotations fit appointments?
Yes, with post shift and evening slots, and the sleep those shifts wreck treated as part of the plan.
Do you see veterans alongside VA care?
Yes, with your permission we coordinate records both directions so plans never conflict.
Do you prescribe stimulants or benzodiazepines?
No, anywhere. We're upfront about it before you book, and skilled with the non controlled options the evidence supports.
How do labs work with a telehealth practice?
We coordinate orders through your local clinic or lab, lithium levels, metabolic panels, thyroid checks, and review results together. Telehealth changes the visit, not the monitoring standard.
Can you take over prescriptions from my previous provider?
Usually yes, for non controlled medications, after an evaluation and records review. Switching shouldn't mean starting over or missing a refill.
About Norfolk
Norfolk is home to about 231,000 people. It's anchored by Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base in the world, in the Hampton Roads region. Our patients here range across active-duty sailors, military families, veterans, and Navy civilian staff.
Serving Norfolk
Care should reach every corner of Norfolk. As a historic port city in Hampton Roads, on the Elizabeth River, Norfolk stretches from the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Waterside District, and historic Ghent, and shrinkMD brings board-certified telepsychiatry to all of it by secure video, with the same psychiatrist over time.
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