Whole Health Review at Hanover CBT
A Psychiatry-Based Review of Mental Health, Physical Health, Medications, and Daily Life
A Whole Health Review is a dedicated psychiatry-based appointment designed to help clients step back and look more carefully at the broader picture of their health.
When symptoms, stress, medical concerns, medication questions, sleep, mood, physical health, or life experiences feel connected but unclear, it can be difficult to know what matters most or where to begin. A Whole Health Review creates time to gather that information, explore relevant patterns, and identify clearer next steps.
This is not a replacement for primary care or specialist medical treatment. It is a structured review within Hanover CBT’s psychiatry service, designed to support a more complete understanding of each person and how different parts of health can interact.
What a Whole Health Review Can Explore
The purpose is not to collect information for its own sake. It is to understand which details seem connected, which questions need further exploration, and what next step fits.
Each review is individualized, but it can include discussion of:
Mental health history and current concerns
Stress, trauma, life experiences, and psychosocial context
Medication history, current medications, and possible interactions
Family history and possible inherited patterns
Sleep, nutrition, movement, routines, and daily functioning
Physical health and medical conditions
Substance use, supplements, and lifestyle factors where relevant
Current providers, outside care, and care coordination needs
Health goals, life goals, and priorities for care
What Clients Can Expect
A Whole Health Review is typically a 60–90 minute appointment.
Clients can expect a detailed, respectful, and nonjudgmental conversation rather than a rushed visit. The appointment often involves reviewing health history, current concerns, medications, symptoms, routines, sleep, stress, life circumstances, previous care, and goals.
Clients are not expected to arrive with everything already figured out. Some people come in with clear questions. Others simply know that something does not feel right, care has felt fragmented, or they need help making sense of next steps.
The clinician’s role is to help organize the information, identify possible patterns, and support informed decision-making. The client’s role is to clarify what matters, ask questions, and participate in shaping the direction of care.
In addition, a written report of the meeting is provided after the visit that includes a review of healthcare history, goals of care, and next steps
A More Complete Starting Point
Many people experience healthcare as fragmented. One provider focuses on mood, another on sleep, another on pain, another on medication, and another on a physical symptom. Sometimes that division is necessary, but it can leave people feeling as though no one is helping them understand how the pieces connect.
A Whole Health Review offers a different starting point. It creates space to look across mental health, physical health, daily life, medication, and history so patterns become easier to see.
For some clients, the review helps clarify whether psychiatric medication should be considered, adjusted, or discussed further. For others, it helps identify questions to bring back to a primary care provider or specialist. It can also help a client understand why certain symptoms, stressors, or medical concerns are affecting mood, cognition, sleep, energy, or daily functioning.
When This Can Be Helpful
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Feel that symptoms or concerns are connected but unclear, or have multiple overlapping mental and physical health concerns.
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Have seen several providers but still lack a clear picture, or want a more complete understanding before making care decisions.
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Have questions about medications, side effects, or interactions, or are trying to understand how sleep, stress, pain, illness, or routines affect mental healt
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Need help identifying what questions to ask or what next steps to consider, or want support that is practical, careful, and connected to real life.
Whole Health Review is not appropriate for emergency or crisis situations. Hanover CBT provides outpatient care and does not replace urgent medical, psychiatric, or emergency support.
What You Can Leave With
The outcome of a Whole Health Review is not simply more information. It is a clearer way to understand what is contributing to each person’s current experience and what next steps make sense.
Client often work towards:
A clearer picture of relevant mental and physical health factors
A better understanding of medication questions or concerns
Recommendations for psychiatric follow-up, therapy, medical follow-up, or care coordination
Questions to discuss with a primary care provider or specialist
A clearer sense of direction and priorities
A practical plan for next steps
