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Darrell “Allan” Benham, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. More than 20 years in nursing and behavioral healthcare. One steady clinician from your first visit on.
Approach
Careful science, practical lifestyle medicine, and time to actually talk.
Allan’s clinical approach combines rigorous diagnostic evaluation and modern psychopharmacology with holistic lifestyle medicine. He takes the time to understand your history, explains his reasoning in plain language, and builds a plan with you.
Allan brings more than 20 years of nursing and behavioral healthcare experience, including executive leadership at The Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, Gentle Path, Remuda Ranch and Alsana. He studied at Maryville University, Grand Canyon University and Chamberlain College of Nursing.
Through PsychiatryCore, Allan provides telehealth psychiatric evaluations, medication management and personalized treatment plans for people navigating ADHD, depression, anxiety, trauma and substance use across Hawaii and Nevada. PsychiatryCore is the Hawaii and Nevada telehealth division of Arizona Mental Wellness, Allan’s practice with offices in Peoria and Wickenburg, Arizona.
Credentials you can verify
- Board certified, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
- Hawaii Hawaii APRN license APRN-6144 · verify
- Nevada Nevada Certified Nurse Practitioner license 893036 · verify on Nursys
- Arizona Certified Nurse Practitioner license 347138
- NPI 1366362998 · NPI Registry
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In his own words
How Allan approaches your first visit.
About a minute on what to expect, from the clinician you’ll see at every appointment.
Read the transcript
Hi, I’m Allan. I’m a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and I’ve been a nurse for over 20 years.
If you’re here on my website, you may be dealing with anxiety that won’t let up, you may be having trouble sleeping, your mood may be off, people may be saying, “Hey, is there something wrong?” That’s okay. You don’t have to have it figured out before you get ahold of me. We can figure it out together.
We won’t rush through anything. We’ll just talk. We’ll go through your history and what’s going on right now. I’ll explain what I see, what I think may be happening, and we’ll talk about the options and figure out a plan together.
Sometimes that plan includes medications. Most often it includes looking at your life as a whole: your sleep, your work, working with your therapist, maybe your nutrition and your exercise. And we figure out ways to make your life better.
I’d be happy to meet with you and see if we’re a good fit.
Practice philosophy
What working with Allan looks like.
A thorough first evaluation
Your history, symptoms, past treatments, sleep, health and goals. An accurate diagnosis is the foundation of everything that follows.
Collaborative, non-judgmental care
You’ll understand your options and the reasoning behind them. Decisions about medication are made together.
Precision when it helps
Pharmacogenetic testing can guide medication choices, especially when past medications caused side effects or didn’t work. About genetic testing
Seven-pillar lifestyle medicine
Nutrition, sleep, movement, mindfulness, stress, self-care and self-esteem, woven into treatment in realistic steps. Holistic care
Reach out
Questions first? That’s what we’re here for.
Not sure if telehealth psychiatry is right for you, or what it will cost? Send a note or call. You’ll hear back from a real person within 1–2 business days, with no pressure to book.
- Hawaii line · Mon–Fri · 7 AM–5 PM HST(808) 470-6060
- Nevada line · Mon–Fri · 7 AM–5 PM Pacific(702) 483-0086
- Email (please no health details)contact@psychiatrycore.com
- How visits happenSecure video only, from home or anywhere private
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