Amite Rural Health Clinic has expanded its service offerings to include dedicated behavioral and mental health services for patients ages 5 and older, with double board-certified Nurse Practitioner Shea Edwards, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, now providing comprehensive psychiatric care.
New Services and Expertise
Edwards brings more than a decade of experience in behavioral and mental health care, offering a compassionate, patient-centered approach. He is trained to help patients with a range of conditions including anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, PTSD, grief, trauma, mood disorders, and life transitions. He provides comprehensive evaluations and diagnoses and treats conditions through both therapy and medication management, developing personalized plans to meet patients’ needs.
Since 2019, Edwards has been caring for patients at Amite Rural Health Clinic, where he has managed acute, chronic, and mental health conditions for patients ages one and up. He has also served in leadership positions managing nursing teams and coordinating patient needs in long-term care and correctional facilities.
Removing Barriers to Care
Hood Memorial Hospital CEO Michael Whittington stated that “as health care continues to evolve, integrating mental and behavioral health into everyday care is no longer optional, it’s essential.” Clinic operational director Elizabeth O’Neill emphasized that “by offering behavioral health services locally at Amite Rural Health Clinic, we’re helping remove barriers so patients can get the care they need, when they need it, from a provider they trust.”
Edwards earned his master’s degree in nursing and a post master’s degree as a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner from the University of South Alabama. He is double board-certified in family medicine and psychiatric mental health and is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The clinic is located at 409 NW Central Ave. and is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Most commercial insurances, Medicare and Medicaid are accepted.
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