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Alexandro Vasquez, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

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Alexandro Vasquez, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

A board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner.

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Alexandro Vasquez is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, assistant professor in the Department of Graduate Nursing at Winona State University, and founder of Clear Path Psychiatry PLLC in Eagle Lake, Minnesota. He specializes in adult outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management, with a clinical focus on high-functioning adults, treatment-resistant presentations, and rural access to psychiatric care. He provides services in person and via telehealth throughout Minnesota and holds a faculty appointment at Winona State University's PMHNP track.

His clinical and academic work centers on closing the gap between symptom onset and treatment engagement in underserved populations. He is the author of "Why high-functioning adults are delaying psychiatric care."

He can be found on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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A medication was recommended to me a week ago. It still has not reached me. I prescribe medications for a living. I know where an order can stall: awaiting a signature, sent but never received, delayed by an authorization, or…

A medication was recommended to me a week ago. It still has not reached me. I prescribe medications for a living. I know where an order can stall: awaiting a signature, sent but never received, delayed by an authorization, or routed to a pharmacy without stock. I know whom to call and what to ask.

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Why high-functioning adults are delaying psychiatric care

A pearl forms when an irritant gets trapped inside an oyster and can't get out. The oyster doesn't remove it. It layers over it until damage becomes structural. That's what I keep seeing in patients who waited years before seeking…

A pearl forms when an irritant gets trapped inside an oyster and can’t get out. The oyster doesn’t remove it. It layers over it until damage becomes structural. That’s what I keep seeing in patients who waited years before seeking psychiatric care.

The delay is often interpreted as denial or avoidance. In practice, many adults are functioning exactly well enough to normalize their suffering. They become so fluent at carrying anxiety, …

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Why high-functioning adults are delaying psychiatric care

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