“Be advised: I may well prescribe other things for your mental health than just drugs.”
“Many parents suffer from anxiety on behalf of their children. I can help.”
“An expert in child psychiatry, Richard’s innovative thinking and vibrant energy brings a unique perspective to clients.”
“You many need an assessment. You may need treatment. Both are available at this practice.”
“If a psychiatric assessment is all you need, this doctor will see you now.”
“As a patient you don’t just get my help, you get the back-up of my entire team.”
“If you just want an ADHD assessment you’ve come to the right place. If you want deeper diagnosis, you’ve come to the right place.”
“Like most clinics, we offer assessments of ADHD. Unlike most clinics, I ask what’s actually causing it.”
“Dr Fry looks beyond symptoms and sees the whole child, hormones, gut health and genetics. Bringing science to psychiatry.”
“You may need your head examined. But to do that I suggest we examine all of you.”
“ADHD? ASD? BPD? MDD? Understanding the causes of such conditions is more helpful than simply labelling them.”
“Dr Fry is patient, kind and looks at the bigger picture, not just the medication.”
“Now a teenager, our son is flourishing after finding nursery and school tricky. We couldn’t be happier or more proud.”
“Our aim is to guide patients back to better mental health, not to a life of medication.”
“Dr Fry diagnosed our daughter’s illness and identified the right psychologist to support us. We’ve seen a huge amount of progress since.”
“The quality of psychiatric care I provide may also be available within the NHS. Meanwhile, here’s my number.”
“We cannot thank Dr Fry enough for helping with our son’s anxieties.”
“Dry Fry is an innovator who cares deeply about the mental well-being of children and young people.”
“I wish we had more gems like Richard working in UK psychiatry.”
“I’m the child psychiatrist your GP would refer you to if only you’d managed to see your GP.”
“Seeing Dr Fry was the best decision we made.”
“Yes, it’s a mad world. And if you feel it’s making you mentally ill, we’re here to help.”
“I could write a book about modern mental disorders. But I think my time is better spent treating them.”
“I prefer to treat mental illness holistically. If you prefer a more conventional method, there are many other excellent services out there.”
“My team responds fast to email enquiries. Because no-one should have to wait too long for an assessment.”
“You may be the parent, not the patient. But you will benefit from my treatment too.”
“I believe you can’t successfully treat mental illness without first understanding the mad world we live in.”
“We were in crisis and now feel in a completely different place, in large part due to the support and care of Dr Fry and his team.”
“There are some outstanding psychiatrists out there. But not many with such outstanding support staff.”
“I’m not a one-prognosis-fits-all psychiatrist precisely because you’re not a one-symptom-shows-all patient.”
“What do you call a psychiatrist who treats not just the head but the whole person? A vast improvement.”
Assessments
These days, we run serious risks of over-diagnosis and over-medicalisation. Schools pressurise parents to get assessments. Exam boards demand clinical assessments of a child’s psychiatric, not necessarily medical, problems. And so the situation escalates.
If an assessment is all you want and need, I will provide one. In fact, our wait times for assessments are short (in most cases less than 4 weeks, so no need for additional ‘fast-track’ fees that some clinics charge).
However, ticking boxes alone merely results in a label, not a treatment. And patients need to be guided back to health, not to a life of medication.
Comprehensive Integrative Psychiatric Assessment
These assessments are the speciality of our practice. Rather than simplistic diagnostic categories, we look at the whole person, taking into account pre, peri-natal and developmental experiences, family, school and social contexts and physical and metabolic contributory factors. We adapt this to match the child’s age and stage of development.
An assessment of up to two-hours includes:
*Extra cost.
Autism
We provide developmental (modified ADI) and additional interactional (ADOS-2) interview as needed. A full autism diagnosis may require an ADOS-2 assessment at an extra cost of £500. This will be a multi-disciplinary assessment. More complex cases are charged on an individual basis.
Metabolic Testing
Hair, urine, genetics and adrenal test are the usual baseline tests, but others can be used as appropriate, to be confirmed within the initial assessment.
Follow-ups
The first follow-up appointment includes results interpretation and supplement protocol and costs £600. Standard follow-ups are charged at £350 for up to one hour. Please note, if you have a pre-existing report and diagnosis (ADHD and/or ASD) and are just seeking medication, we will review that report to quality assure it ourselves.
Additional Support
Cancellations within three working days of the appointment times will be charged at the full rate. Cancellations should be made by phone and email. Please note I do not work to timed sessions and sometimes assessments may take longer than one session. If the initial assessment lasts more than 90 minutes or a follow-up takes longer than 60 minutes there may be additional charges.
Terms and Insurance
Following changes in the insurance market in the UK we now only work with WPA Insurance (any shortfalls not covered by WPA Insurance remain the liability of the patient/client). A deposit payment of £500 is required to secure the initial appointment unless using WPA Insurance. Invoices to be settled within 7 days of date of invoice, interest will be added payable by the client.
