"It's the difference between a job you own and an asset you can grow and sell." The same 8 lessons kept surfacing about building an interventional practice: •Wedge or service line? You can go cash-pay ketamine only, but on a panel of 5,000 gen psych patients, roughly 1,000–1,500 qualify for esketamine right now. •Start with one modality, not all of them. Everyone who launched several at once said they regretted it. •Plan for 12 months of runway. Leases, permits, and payer negotiations all run long. •Credential while you're still employed. Every week done early is a week you don't burn runway. •Choose your EHR carefully. When billing and documentation live on separate systems, money leaks. •Keep clinical in-house. Outsource billing, credentialing, and marketing to interventional specialists. •Build referrals early. Word-of-mouth takes months to compound. (Referral guide linked in this blog) •Start small but think long term. Nail the patient experience for one patient first, but set your foundations to scale to multiple providers. All 8 lessons in the post below. Join live version of these conversations inside the Psychiatry Collective.

Couldn't make it to APA 2026? Or you were there and want to compare notes? Join us this Tomorrow, Thursday, May 21 for a live, informal lunch chat: APA 2026 Recap—Clinical Takeaways & Practice Tools You Can Use Now. Sit down with Brittany Albright MD, MPH, DABOM, William Sauvé, MD, and fellow Psychiatry Collective members for an open conversation about what actually mattered at APA this year—no slides, no lectures, just real talk between clinicians. On the table: → Key clinical findings and themes from APA 2026 → What's new in interventional psychiatry (Spravato, TMS, psychedelics) → Practice management tools and workflows you can implement today → Whatever else you want to bring up It's an open mic format—bring your questions live, or drop them in the comments and we'll cover them during the chat. 🗓 Thursday, May 21 | 11 am PT / 2 pm ET 🔗 RSVP: The Psychiatry Collective is Osmind's community for clinicians advancing interventional psychiatry. Free to join. hashtag#PsychiatryCollective hashtag#InterventionalPsychiatry hashtag#APA2026

Osmind is proud to be collaborating with Compass Pathways to help independent psychiatry practices prepare for the potential future delivery of psychedelic medicine. Independent practices are where the vast majority of patients receive their care. But they've historically been left behind when it comes to adopting innovative treatments, because the operational burden is simply too high. Together with Compass, we're working to change that. Run an independent psychiatry practice and want to stay ahead of what's coming? Stay in the loop on readiness resources as they're released →

As we gear up for the @APApsychiatric (APA) Annual Meeting in our home base of San Francisco, we’re proud to share that our latest research in collaboration with the APA on the DSM-5 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure has been published in Frontiers in Psychiatry. Using real-world data from Using real-world data from 3,101 patients across 169 psychiatric practices in 48 states, we identified six distinct symptom dimensions and evidence of a general psychopathology factor—supporting the DSM-XC as a practical tool for dimensional assessment in outpatient psychiatry. This is especially relevant as the APA’s DSM Committee aims to leverage data and precision in constructing the next iteration of the field’s diagnostic framework. This is the kind of work that gets us excited about what a Learning Health System can do: turning routine measurement-based care into evidence that shapes how we screen and treat mental health conditions.

Struggling to keep up with what’s actually working in interventional psychiatry right now? Join us live within the Psychiatry Collective for an Interventional Psychiatry Office Hours with Martha B. Koo, M.D., LFAPA, FASAM, FCTMSS. 🗓️ May 7 | 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET A casual, clinician-led conversation on real-world practice.

Looking to lower your SPRAVATO® drug costs and streamline your practice operations? Join our monthly SPRAVATO® office hours hosted live inside the Psychiatry Collective on May 5th at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET. This is a dedicated space for clinicians and practice teams to get practical guidance, ask questions, and learn from experts and peers in the community. This month’s session will cover: •Ways to reduce SPRAVATO® drug costs through available community benefits •Step-by-step onboarding and setup guidance •SPRAVATO® practice management and operational best practices •Live Q&A—bring your questions (RSVP link in comments below) 👇