Chris Mokongu
When ADHD, school difficulties, behavior changes, anxiety, mood symptoms, sleep problems, or medication concerns affect daily life, a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation can provide clarity and direction. I’m Chris Mokongu, PMHNP-BC, a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner offering secure telehealth psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults ages 6 and older across Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oregon. My services include psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing follow-up for ADHD and executive-function challenges, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, trauma-related symptoms, OCD, insomnia, and medication effectiveness or side effects. I consider each patient’s development, medical and psychiatric history, previous treatment, sleep, safety, strengths, and functioning at home, school, or work.
Psychiatric evaluation and medication management for ages 6+, with clear explanations, collaborative decisions, and follow-up focused on school, work, relationships, and daily life.
For children and adolescents, care includes the young person’s voice and appropriate parent or legal-guardian involvement. My goal is to help patients and families understand their concerns, explore practical treatment options, and move forward with a clear, personalized plan.
First session
Before we meet, I review the available intake information and screening results. The first visit is a structured psychiatric evaluation adapted to the patient's age and concerns. We discuss the symptoms and timeline, development, medical and psychiatric history, current and past medications, sleep, daily functioning, safety, strengths, previous treatment, and goals. For a child or teenager, I include the young person's perspective and appropriate parent or legal-guardian history. We may discuss school performance, behavior, family functioning, development, health history, and previous services. For an adult, we focus on current concerns, earlier history, physical health, work or relationship functioning, medications, and goals. At the end of the visit, I explain what I am considering, what remains uncertain, reasonable options, monitoring needs, and next steps in plain language. An evaluation does not guarantee a diagnosis or prescription.
Strengths
My style is warm, direct, and organized. I translate complex psychiatric information into plain language, explain why a recommendation is being considered, and connect treatment decisions to what matters in daily life. I provide continuity from evaluation through follow-up and monitor meaningful changes in attention, mood, anxiety, sleep, behavior, side effects, safety, school or work functioning, relationships, and progress toward treatment goals. For minors, I balance the young person's perspective with parent or legal-guardian input. When helpful and authorized, I coordinate with pediatricians, primary care clinicians, therapists, schools, pharmacists, and other professionals involved in care.
Ideal clients
I am best positioned to serve children age 6 and older, adolescents, adults, and older adults seeking outpatient telehealth psychiatric evaluation or medication management for ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar and other mood disorders, trauma-related symptoms, OCD, insomnia or sleep concerns, and questions about medication effectiveness or side effects. This may be a good fit when you want a careful assessment, clear explanations, and follow-up that considers real-world functioning rather than a symptom score alone. Care is available to eligible patients who are physically located in Minnesota, North Dakota, or Oregon at the time of the visit. CJ Integrative Care is not an emergency service. The practice may not fit needs requiring crisis stabilization, inpatient care, detoxification, intensive substance-use treatment, therapy-only care, formal psychological, neuropsychological, or school testing, or another higher level of support.
Ongoing work together
Medication management is more than renewing a prescription. Follow-up visits assess whether treatment is helping in daily life, whether side effects or safety concerns are present, and whether new information or changing circumstances call for a different plan. We may review attention, mood, anxiety, sleep, behavior, school or work functioning, relationships, medication response, side effects, safety, and progress toward treatment goals. For children and adolescents, follow-up includes age-appropriate participation and parent or legal-guardian involvement. Depending on clinical needs, care may include continuing or adjusting medication, education, monitoring, coordination with other professionals when authorized, or referral for therapy, testing, medical evaluation, or a higher level of care. Medication is never automatic.
Medication approach
I treat medication as one possible part of care, not the whole plan or an automatic outcome. Before making a recommendation, I review symptoms, medical and psychiatric history, previous treatment response, current and past medications, sleep, daily functioning, safety considerations, and the patient's goals. For children and adolescents, I include the young person and parent or legal guardian in age-appropriate decision-making. When medication is clinically appropriate, I explain the expected benefits, possible side effects, alternatives, monitoring needs, and follow-up plan in clear language. A plan may include continuing or adjusting medication, additional evaluation, therapy, laboratory or medical follow-up, care coordination, or referral. A request for a particular medication does not guarantee that it will be prescribed.
Treatment methods
Integrative
I use an integrative, developmentally informed psychiatric approach. I consider symptoms together with development, physical health, current and past medications, sleep, daily routines, family relationships, school or work functioning, stressors, culture, strengths, and treatment goals. For children and adolescents, I include age-appropriate participation and appropriate parent or legal-guardian involvement. This whole-person perspective guides psychiatric evaluation, psychoeducation, medication decisions, follow-up, and care coordination. My services on Grow focus on psychiatric evaluation and medication management rather than ongoing psychotherapy.
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- MinnesotaLicense 11924
- North DakotaLicense 201479
- OregonLicense 10036157