Psychiatrist Serving New Haven, CT

New Haven is a city that runs at full speed — between Yale, the hospitals, the neighborhoods, and the industries that never quite slowed down. A lot of people here are high-functioning and quietly struggling. Others have been waiting months for a psychiatric appointment that keeps getting pushed. Sindhia Shyras, APRN is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with nine years of experience who sees New Haven patients via telehealth — no waiting rooms, no driving across town. She treats depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, OCD, panic disorder, insomnia, and mood disorders. And she's taking new patients now.

Care for Students, Professionals, and Everyone Else

Psychiatric care in a university city tends to skew toward institutional — student health plans, intake queues, providers who rotate in and out. If you're a student at Yale, Southern, or anywhere in the area, Elite Health offers a private practice alternative where you'll see the same provider consistently. And if you're a professional, a parent, or just a New Haven resident who's been putting this off — the same applies. Telehealth makes it possible to schedule around a real schedule, not just when a clinic happens to have a slot open.

What a Psychiatric NP Does — and Why It Matters

Sindhia is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, which means she's licensed to evaluate, diagnose, prescribe, and manage psychiatric medication in Connecticut — the same scope of practice as a psychiatrist for most outpatient care. She also provides supportive therapy, so your visits aren't just prescription refills. You'll talk about what's actually going on. The evaluation at your first visit is a full one: your history, your symptoms, your goals. She builds a treatment plan from there, with follow-ups to adjust as needed.

Insurance and Access

Elite Health accepts Aetna, Cigna, Husky Health, Medicaid, United Healthcare, Anthem, and ConnectiCare. Self-pay is also available. New Haven has a wide range of incomes and insurance situations — Sindhia's practice is set up to meet people across that range. Multilingual care is available in English, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu, which matters in a city as internationally diverse as New Haven.

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