Based in Medical Lake, WA, Essential Psychiatry specializes in the diagnosis and medication management for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar, and other mood disorders from children to the elderly.Led by Candie Wellwood, PMHNP-BC, a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, she specializes in the diagnosis and medication management for depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar, and other mood disorders.She is an Air Force Veteran who has witnessed firsthand how a lack of mental health treatment can lead to both physical and mental disability.Essential Psychiatry has been created to fulfill the need of mental health in Medical Lake and its surrounding areas.