Serving Germantown · Montgomery County
Adult Psychiatry and Medication Management in Germantown, MD
Germantown adults looking for a psychiatrist usually need more than a fifteen minute medication check. We provide full psychiatric evaluation and ongoing medication management for depression, treatment resistant depression, and anxiety, with the same clinician at every follow up.
Our practice is led by Dr. Amir Etesam, a Johns Hopkins affiliated psychiatrist, alongside two psychiatric nurse practitioners. We accept most major commercial plans along with Medicare and Maryland Medicaid, and our team verifies your coverage before the first visit.
Care we focus on for Germantown patients
Why Germantown Patients Come to Bright Horizons
Germantown is well covered for primary care and general counselling, but ongoing psychiatric medication management with a consistent clinician is harder to find locally. Patients tell us they have cycled through providers, repeated their history each time, and never got past short appointments that only renewed a prescription.
We run a small practice on purpose. You see the same psychiatrist or nurse practitioner at each visit, appointments are long enough to actually review what is working, and we coordinate with the therapist or primary care doctor you already have. That continuity is the reason most Germantown patients make the drive, more than the treatments we offer.
Advanced options when medication is not enough
We also offer BrainsWay Deep TMS, Spravato, and IM ketamine at our Rockville clinic for adults whose depression has not responded to medication. These are not first line options and we only raise them after a full evaluation.
Getting to Rockville / North Bethesda from Germantown
20–25 minute drive.
Bright Horizons Psychiatry
6000 Executive Blvd, Suite 101Rockville, MD 20852
Primary route
South on I-270 to the Montrose Road exit, then a short drive east to Executive Boulevard
Transit
Shady Grove Metro on the Red Line sits partway and is reachable by Ride On Bus. Our office is a short distance from Twinbrook Metro.
Insurance we accept
Insurance is usually the deciding factor, so we verify it before your first visit rather than after.
Questions about care near Germantown
How long is the drive from Germantown to your Rockville clinic?
About 20 to 25 minutes from most Germantown addresses, depending on traffic on I-270.
Can I do follow up appointments from Germantown?
Yes. After your initial in person evaluation in Rockville, follow up medication management appointments can be virtual from anywhere in Maryland, including your Germantown home.
Is there anywhere closer to Germantown offering this level of care?
Specialty psychiatric options between Germantown and Rockville are limited. For most patients in this area we are the closest practice offering ongoing medication management alongside advanced treatment options.
Who we treat — and who we do not
We are an adult outpatient practice. We do not treat Bipolar I, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, or personality disorders, and we do not offer inpatient care, partial hospitalization, or 24 hour crisis services. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or go to your nearest emergency department. If your needs fall outside our scope, call us anyway and we will point you toward the right program.