Christopher Tikum, DNP, PMHNP-BC
- Board certified
- More than 10 years of experience
- Children to older adults
Unhurried, honest and shared care, with time to explain what is going on.
Dr. Tikum has cared for people from young children to older adults for more than 10 years, with particular experience in substance use and in serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
He sees education as part of treatment, so patients and families leave each visit understanding the diagnosis, the plan and the medicines involved.
Approach to care
- A safe, non-judgmental space to talk about anything
- Treatment decisions made together, never handed down
- Medication only when it is likely to help, with side effects taken seriously
- Families included when the patient chooses
- Coordination with primary care, therapists and schools, with permission
Credentials
- Degree
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
- Board certification
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
- License
- Advanced practice nurse, New Jersey
- Ages seen
- Children, teens, adults and older adults
- In person
- West Orange
- By video
- Anywhere in New Jersey
A note on the title "Dr."
Dr. Tikum's doctorate is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). As a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, he evaluates, diagnoses and treats mental health conditions and prescribes medication.
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