
Dr. Avanti Brown Verified Provider
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
About Me
Dr. Avanti Brown is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner providing mental health care in Bolivar, Tennessee and Olive Branch, Mississippi through Brown Behavioral Health Services. She specializes in addiction treatment, dual diagnosis, ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and a range of psychiatric concerns for individuals age 5 and up. Dr. Brown combines medication management, psychotherapy and various proven approaches to deliver compassionate, comprehensive care that meets clients where they are.
Medication-Assisted Treatment and Dual Diagnosis
Dr. Brown’s core focus is addiction and substance use treatment with an explicit Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program for adults navigating alcohol use, drug use, and co-occurring mental health conditions. As an Addictions Advanced Practice Provider, she brings specialized expertise in MAT and MOUD to support lasting recovery alongside psychiatric stabilization.
Treatment integrates psychiatric evaluation, medication management and psychotherapy using Motivational Interviewing, trauma-focused modalities and structured behavioral interventions. Sessions address both the root causes of addiction and co-occurring issues like anxiety or depression with clear, practical tools to support progress between visits.
Psychiatric Services for All Ages
Beyond addiction, Dr. Brown offers full-spectrum mental health care for children, teens, adults and seniors. Services include ADHD testing, genetic testing, medication management and therapy for mood disorders, psychosis, trauma, and eating disorders, with flexible treatment plans tailored to each client’s developmental stage and goals.
Getting Started with Care
Dr. Brown sees clients in person in Bolivar, Tennessee and Olive Branch, Mississippi and via secure telehealth throughout Tennessee and Mississippi to improve access in rural communities.
Payment Options
Cost
- Sliding Scale Available
Insurance Options
- Aetna
- Amerigroup
- Anthem
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna
- Humana
- Magellan
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Molina
- Optum
- Other
- TennCare
- TRICARE
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare
Orientation & Focus
Ages Treated
Specialties
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Child
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Medication Management
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Other
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self Harm
- Seniors
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep and Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Testing and Evaluation
- Trauma and PTSD
Treatment Options
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused Therapy
- Couples Counseling
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Experiential Therapy
- Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
- Faith Based
- Feminist
- Interpersonal
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Multicultural
- Trauma Focused