West River Wellness

Sarah Stout is an experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and has served as an outpatient psychiatric provider in many settings. Driven by a passion to help those with mental illness across the lifespan, she takes pride in having an open minded and wholistic approach to care. As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner her goals include optimizing medication management and therapeutic approaches for the best functioning.
Over the past 10 years, Sarah has been a noteworthy leader in the community mental health setting. She has worked in the inpatient setting among adults and children at Holyoke Medical Center and Providence Behavioral, as well as outpatient and crisis or urgent care settings though Behavioral Health Network in Massachusetts. She has also worked in Brattleboro, VT in the outpatient private sector over the past year. She holds her Doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and focused her thesis on collaboration of Mental Health providers and Primary Care. She has also served on the American Psychiatric Nurses Association in many capacities, including working on the issues of seclusions and restraints.
In addition to working in an outpatient setting, Sarah has three boys that keep her busy in her time off. She enjoys practicing mindfulness, is an avid runner, and relaxes with practice of yoga.